Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Revised Version 1885

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

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

[There is no exemption] but he who is joined to all the living has hope–for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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

Whoever is among the living can be certain about this. A living dog is definitely better off than a dead lion,

There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.