Ecclesiastes 9:5

Easy To Read Version

Living people know that they will die. But dead people don’t know anything. Dead people have no more reward. People will soon forget them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die some day. We will be like water that is spilled on the ground. No person can gather this water back from the ground. You know God forgives people. God made plans for people who are forced to run away for safety—God doesn’t force them to run away from him!

Job 14:21

If his sons are honored,\par he never knows it.\par If his sons do wrong,\par he never sees it.\par

Job 30:23

I know you will lead me to my death.\par Every living person must die.\par

Psalm 109:15

I hope the Lord remembers\par those sins forever.\par And I hope he forces people to forget\par my enemy completely.\par

Psalm 6:5

Dead people in their graves\par don’t remember you.\par People in the place of death\par don’t praise you.\par \{So heal me!\}\par

Psalm 88:13

Lord, I am asking you to help me!\par Early each morning I pray to you.\par

Ecclesiastes 1:11

People don’t remember the things that happened long ago. In the future, people will not remember what is happening now. And later, other people will not remember what those people before them did.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

The wise man and the foolish person will both die! And people will not remember either the wise man or the foolish person forever. In the future, people will forget everything they did. So both the wise man and the foolish person are really the same.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is even better to go to a funeral\par than to a party.\par Why? Because all people must die,\par and every person alive\par should accept this.\par

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I also saw great and beautiful funerals for evil people. While the people were going home after the funeral services, they said good things about the evil people that had died. This happened even in the same towns where the evil people had done many, many bad things. That is senseless.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Every time you find work to do, do it the best you can. In the grave there is no work. There is no thinking, no knowledge, and there is no wisdom. And we are all going to that \{place of death\}.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

There is hope for any person that is still alive—it does not matter who he is. But this saying is true:

Isaiah 26:14

Those dead \{lords {\cf2\super [243]} \} will not come to life.\par Those ghosts will not rise from death.\par You decided to destroy them.\par And you destroyed everything that makes us think about them.\par

Isaiah 63:16

Look! You are our father!\par Abraham doesn’t know us.\par Israel (Jacob) does not recognize us.\par Lord, you are our father!\par You are the One who has always saved us!\par

Luke 20:32

The woman was the last to die.

Hebrews 9:27

Every person must die once. After a person dies, he is judged.