Ecclesiastes 4:2-4

Complete Jewish Bible

² So I considered the dead happier, because they were already dead, than the living, who must still live their lives; ³ but happier than either of them is the one who has not yet been born, because he has not yet seen the evil things that are done under the sun.

⁴ Next I realized that all effort and achievement stem from one person’s envy of another. This too is futility and feeding on wind.