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Ecclesiastes 9:3-6
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3 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) 4 Anyone who is among the living has hope[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

5 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)
6 Their love, their hate
    and their jealousy have long since vanished;
never again will they have a part
    in anything that happens under the sun.(G)

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