~ better than these ~ 21_ECC_07_10  Say not thou, What is [the cause] that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. #, 30_AMO_06_02  Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great, then go down to Gath of the Philistines, [be they] better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? #,