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Ecclesiastes 4:3 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Ecclesiastes 4:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ecclesiastes chapter 4 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 4:3 (KJV)
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:3
Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been—surpassing even the dead in preferability is the never-born. The logic intensifies: living sufferers endure oppression; the dead escaped it; but who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun avoided suffering entirely by never existing. The Hebrew ra (רָע, evil) combined with ma'aseh (מַעֲשֶׂה, work/deed) describes actively perpetrated wickedness, not mere suffering.This represents the Preacher's darkest moment—existence itself seems worse than non-existence when evaluated solely 'under the sun.' Yet this very extremity dri...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Ecclesiastes 4:3
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“the days are coming in which they will say”
“And woe unto them that are with child”
“and lives many years”
“and are glad”
“nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.”
“and go from them! for they are all adulterers”
“and her womb always great.”
“because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.”
“Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.,And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest., וָאֹמַר מִי־יִתֶּן־לִּי אֵבֶר כַּיּוֹנָה אָעוּפָה וְאֶשְׁכֹּנָה׃ ,And I said: 'Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then would I fly away, and be at rest.,54:7 καὶ εἶπα τίς δώσει μοι πτέρυγας ὡσεὶ περιστερᾶς καὶ πετασθήσομαι καὶ καταπαύσω,54:6 And I said, O that I had wings as those of a dove! then would I flee away, and be at rest.,,,,”