Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
English Standard Version
4 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten. 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4-6
New International Version
4 Anyone who is among the living has hope[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope
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