Ecclesiastes 9:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴“While someone is among the living, hope remains,” because “it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion.”^[a]

⁵At least the living know they will die,
    but the dead know nothing;
they no longer have a reward,
    since memory about them has been forgotten.
⁶Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy
    have been long lost.
Never again will they have a part
    in what happens on earth.