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在日光之下所发生的一切事,有一件令人遗憾的,就是众人的命运都是一样的,并且世人的心充满邪恶,一生心怀狂妄,后来都归到死人那里去。 凡有生命的(“凡有生命的”原文作“凡与所有活人有关联的”),就有盼望,因为活狗比死狮更好。 活人还知道自己必死,死人却一无所知,而且再得不到酬劳,他们也被遗忘。

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This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(A) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(B) and afterward they join the dead.(C) Anyone who is among the living has hope[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

For the living know that they will die,
    but the dead know nothing;(D)
they have no further reward,
    and even their name(E) is forgotten.(F)

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Footnotes

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