Ecclesiastes 9:4

Good News Translation

But anyone who is alive in the world of the living has some hope; a live dog is better off than a dead lion.

Cross References

Job 27:8

What hope is there for the godless in the hour when God demands their life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

One fate comes to all alike, and this is as wrong as anything that happens in this world. As long as people live, their minds are full of evil and madness, and suddenly they die.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

No one in the world of the dead can praise you; The dead cannot trust in your faithfulness.