Ecclesiastes 4:2

Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.

Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

Wherefore I praised the dead that have been long dead more than the living that are yet alive;

And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.