Ecclesiastes 9:4-5

King James Version

⁴For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

⁵For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:4-5

New International Version

⁴Anyone who is among the living has hope^[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

⁵For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;^(A)
they have no further reward,
and even their name^(B) is forgotten.^(C)

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

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