Eccl.4.2

So I congratulated the dead who are already dead instead of the living who are still alive.

Eccl.4.2

And I declared that the dead, who had already died, are happier than the living, who are still alive.

Eccl.4.2

Therefore I praised the dead who were already dead, More than the living who are still alive.

Eccl.4.2

So I concluded that the dead are better off than the living.