Ecclesiastes 9:4
King James Version
4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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Ecclesiastes 9:4
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
Isaiah 38:18
King James Version
18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
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Isaiah 38:18
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Job 14:7-12
King James Version
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
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Job 14:7-12
New International Version
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(A)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(B) will not fail.(C)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(D) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(E) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(F)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(G)
he breathes his last and is no more.(H)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(I)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(J)
till the heavens are no more,(K) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(L)
Luke 16:26-29
King James Version
26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
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Luke 16:26-29
New International Version
26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’
27 “He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my family, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them,(A) so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’
29 “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses(B) and the Prophets;(C) let them listen to them.’
Lamentations 3:21-22
King James Version
21 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
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Lamentations 3:21-22
New International Version
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
Job 27:8
King James Version
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
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Job 27:8
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