Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁴ But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ [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.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Common English Bible

⁴ Whoever is among the living can be certain about this. A living dog is definitely better off than a dead lion,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Cross References

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all; also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank thee, death cannot praise thee; those who go down to the pit cannot hope for thy faithfulness.