So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive. Cross References Job 3:11 Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb? Ecclesiastes 2:17 So I hated life, because the work that is done under the sun was grievous to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind. Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and one's day of death is better than his day of birth. Jeremiah 22:10 Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land. Treasury of Scripture Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. Ecclesiastes 2:17 Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 Job 3:17-21 |