Ecc 4:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2 : Solomon then says, Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive . He feels that sometimes it is better to be dead than to keep living in such a miserable and unfair world. When people suffer so much, it can seem like those who have died have escaped the pain and trouble that others still face.

‏ Ecclesiastes 4:2

v. 2: Solomon then says, Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive . He feels that sometimes it is better to be dead than to keep living in such a miserable and unfair world. When people suffer so much, it can seem like those who have died have escaped the pain and trouble that others still face.