Ecclesiastes 4:2
ESV
And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
NIV
And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
NASB
So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.
CSB
So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
NLT
So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.
KJV
Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
NKJV
Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead, More than the living who are still alive.