Parallel Verses
- New International Reader's Version - Then I announced that those who have already died are happier than those 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.
- 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.
- Christian Standard Bible - So I commended the dead, who have already died, more than the living, who are still alive.
- 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 - Anyone who is still living has hope. Even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
- Ecclesiastes 9:5 - People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.
- Ecclesiastes 9:6 - Their love, hate and jealousy disappear. They will never share again in anything that happens on earth.
- Job 3:11 - “Why didn’t I die when I was born? Why didn’t I die as I came out of my mother’s body?
- Job 3:12 - Why was I placed on her knees? Why did her breasts give me milk?
- Job 3:13 - If all of that hadn’t happened, I would be lying down in peace. I’d be asleep and at rest in the grave.
- Job 3:14 - I’d be with the earth’s kings and rulers. They had built for themselves places that are now destroyed.
- Job 3:15 - I’d be with princes who used to have gold. They had filled their houses with silver.
- Job 3:16 - Why wasn’t I buried like a baby who was born dead? Why wasn’t I buried like a child who never saw the light of day?
- Job 3:17 - In the grave, sinful people don’t cause trouble anymore. And there tired people find rest.
- Job 3:18 - Prisoners also enjoy peace there. They don’t hear a slave driver shouting at them anymore.
- Job 3:19 - The least important and most important people are there. And there the slaves are set free from their owners.
- Job 3:20 - “Why should those who suffer ever be born? Why should life be given to those whose spirits are bitter?
- Job 3:21 - Why is life given to those who long for death that doesn’t come? Why is it given to those who would rather search for death than for hidden treasure?
- Job 3:22 - Why is life given to those who are actually happy and glad when they reach the grave?
- Job 3:23 - Why is life given to a man like me? God hasn’t told me what will happen to me. He has surrounded me with nothing but trouble.
- Job 3:24 - Sighs have become my food every day. Groans pour out of me like water.
- Job 3:25 - What I was afraid of has come on me. What I worried about has happened to me.
- Job 3:26 - I don’t have any peace and quiet. I can’t find any rest. All I have is trouble.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:17 - So I hated life. That’s because the work done on this earth made me sad. None of it has any meaning. It’s like chasing the wind.