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Ecclesiastes 4:2

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

Ecclesiastes 4:2

Verse 2 of 16

Scripture focus

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

Ecclesiastes 4:2 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 4:2

Theological / Devotional

I praised. Or, “I congratulated.”

More than the living. Compare Job 3:13 and the words of Christ in reference to Judas (Matt. 26:24). Under certain evil conditions and from certain points of view it may be better to be dead than to continue to live. It is from this standpoint that Solomon writes. It represents a mood stirred up by the inequalities and evils that have resulted from thousands of years of sin. Today more than ever before, men and women feel the futility of life.

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