Ecclesiastes 4:2

NIV: And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

NAS: So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living.

KJV: Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

GWT: I congratulate the dead, who have already died, rather than the living, who still have to carry on.

ASV: Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

BBE: So my praise was for the dead who have gone to their death, more than for the living who still have life.

DBY: Then I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive;

DRB: And I praised the dead rather than the living:

WBS: Wherefore I praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive.

WEB: Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

YLT: And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.