Ecclesiastes 9:5

Good News Translation

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14

We will all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which can't be gathered again. Even God does not bring the dead back to life, but the king can at least find a way to bring a man back from exile.

Job 14:21

Our children win honor, but we never know it, nor are we told when they are disgraced.

Job 30:23

I know you are taking me off to my death, to the fate in store for everyone.

Psalm 109:15

May the Lord always remember their sins, but may they themselves be completely forgotten!

Psalm 6:5

In the world of the dead you are not remembered; no one can praise you there.

Psalm 88:13

Lord, I call to you for help; every morning I pray to you.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

No one remembers what has happened in the past, and no one in days to come will remember what happens between now and then.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

No one remembers the wise, and no one remembers fools. In days to come, we will all be forgotten. We must all die—wise and foolish alike.

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Yes, I have seen the wicked buried and in their graves, but on the way back from the cemetery people praise them in the very city where they did their evil. It is useless.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Work hard at whatever you do, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead—and that is where you are going.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

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

Isaiah 26:14

Now they are dead and will not live again; their ghosts will not rise, for you have punished them and destroyed them. No one remembers them any more.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our father. Our ancestors Abraham and Jacob do not acknowledge us, but you, Lord, are our father, the one who has always rescued us.

Luke 20:32

Last of all, the woman died.

Hebrews 9:27

Everyone must die once, and after that be judged by God.