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Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.
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A Cry Against Injustice
Commentators explain that this verse is not a blanket endorsement of death. Instead, it's a profound lament born from witnessing the brutal reality of oppression. Solomon, observing the suffering of the innocent, concludes that from a purely earthly perspective, those who have died are more fortunate because they are no longer subject to such pain.
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Ecclesiastes
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19th Century
Anglican
I praised the dead.—Job 3:11; Exodus 32:32; 1 Kings 19:4; Jeremiah 20:14;[R…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead Truly and properly so; not in a figurative sense, as dead sinne…
Presbyterian
It grieved Solomon to see might prevail against right. Wherever we turn, we see melancholy proofs of the wickedness and misery of mankind, who try …