Ecclesiastes 9:4

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Isaiah 38:18

For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit look for thy truth.

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.