KJV - Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

ASV - yea, better than them both `did I esteem' him that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

BBE - Yes, happier than the dead or the living seemed he who has not ever been, who has not seen the evil which is done under the sun.

WEB - Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

YLT - And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

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