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Douay-Rheims
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And I praised the dead rather than the living:
King James
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Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
Louis Second
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Et j'ai trouvé les morts qui sont déjà morts plus heureux que les vivants qui sont encore vivants
Martin Luther
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Da lobte ich die Toten, die schon gestorben waren, mehr denn die Lebendigen, die noch das Leben hatten.
Vulgate
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et laudavi magis mortuos quam viventes

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


magis : more, to a greater extent, rather, for preference.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.