Parallel Verses
- Christian Standard Bible - So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
- 新标点和合本 - 因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因此，我赞叹那已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因此，我赞叹那已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
- 当代译本 - 因此，我认为那已死的人比活着的人幸福。
- 圣经新译本 - 我赞叹那已死的人，胜过那还活着的人。
- 中文标准译本 - 所以我感叹，那些早已死去的死人，胜过那些还活着的活人；
- 现代标点和合本 - 因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 因此，我赞叹那早已死的死人，胜过那还活着的活人。
- New International Version - And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.
- New International Reader's Version - Then I announced that those who have already died are happier than those who are still alive.
- English Standard Version - And I thought the dead who are already dead more fortunate than the living who are still alive.
- New Living Translation - So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.
- New American Standard Bible - So I congratulated the dead who are already dead, more than the living who are still living.
- New King James Version - Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead, More than the living who are still alive.
- Amplified Bible - So I congratulated and thought more fortunate are those who are already dead than the living who are still living.
- American Standard Version - Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;
- King James Version - Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
- New English Translation - So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive.
- World English Bible - Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
- 新標點和合本 - 因此，我讚歎那早已死的死人，勝過那還活着的活人。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因此，我讚歎那已死的死人，勝過那還活着的活人。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因此，我讚歎那已死的死人，勝過那還活着的活人。
- 當代譯本 - 因此，我認為那已死的人比活著的人幸福。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我讚歎那已死的人，勝過那還活著的人。
- 呂振中譯本 - 故此我祝賀那已死了的死人，勝過那還活着的活人；
- 中文標準譯本 - 所以我感嘆，那些早已死去的死人，勝過那些還活著的活人；
- 現代標點和合本 - 因此，我讚嘆那早已死的死人，勝過那還活著的活人。
- 文理和合譯本 - 故我稱已死者、甚於尚生之人、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我竊思死者較生者為尤幸。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我讚嘆已死者較尚生者為幸、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Y consideré más felices a los que ya han muerto que a los que aún viven,
- 현대인의 성경 - 그래서 나는 이미 죽은 자가 지금 살아 있는 자보다 더 행복하다고 선언하였다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - И посчитал я, что те, кто уже умер, счастливее тех, кто еще жив.
- Восточный перевод - И посчитал я, что те, кто уже умер, счастливее тех, кто ещё жив.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - И посчитал я, что те, кто уже умер, счастливее тех, кто ещё жив.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - И посчитал я, что те, кто уже умер, счастливее тех, кто ещё жив.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Alors j’ai trouvé que les défunts, eux qui sont morts, ont un avantage sur les vivants, sur ceux qui sont encore en vie .
- リビングバイブル - 私は、死んだ人のほうが生きている人よりましだと思いました。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Por isso considerei os mortos mais felizes do que os vivos, pois estes ainda têm que viver!
- Hoffnung für alle - Wie glücklich sind doch die Toten, sie haben es viel besser als die Lebenden!
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nên tôi kết luận rằng người đã chết có phước hơn người còn sống.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ข้าพเจ้าจึงประกาศว่าคนที่ตายไปแล้ว มีความสุขมากกว่าคนเป็นซึ่งยังต้องมีชีวิตอยู่
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และข้าพเจ้ายินดีกับคนตายที่ล่วงลับไปแล้ว มากกว่าคนที่ยังมีชีวิตอยู่
Cross Reference
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 - But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 - For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 - Their love, their hate, and their envy have already disappeared, and there is no longer a portion for them in all that is done under the sun.
- Job 3:11 - Why was I not stillborn; why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
- Job 3:12 - Why did the knees receive me, and why were there breasts for me to nurse?
- Job 3:13 - Now I would certainly be lying down in peace; I would be asleep. Then I would be at rest
- Job 3:14 - with the kings and counselors of the earth, who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
- Job 3:15 - or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.
- Job 3:16 - Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child, like infants who never see daylight?
- Job 3:17 - There the wicked cease to make trouble, and there the weary find rest.
- Job 3:18 - The captives are completely at rest; they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.
- Job 3:19 - Both small and great are there, and the slave is set free from his master.
- Job 3:20 - Why is light given to one burdened with grief, and life to those whose existence is bitter,
- Job 3:21 - who wait for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
- Job 3:22 - who are filled with much joy and are glad when they reach the grave?
- Job 3:23 - Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Job 3:24 - I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Job 3:25 - For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has happened to me.
- Job 3:26 - I cannot relax or be calm; I have no rest, for turmoil has come.
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 - Therefore, I hated life because the work that was done under the sun was distressing to me. For everything is futile and a pursuit of the wind.