Ecclesiastes 9:4

New International Reader's Version

Anyone who is still living has hope. Even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

Cross References

Job 27:8

What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

Here’s what is so bad about everything that happens on this earth. Death catches up with all of us. Also, the hearts of people are full of evil. They live in foolish pleasure. After that, they join those who have already died.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

People in the grave can’t praise you. Dead people can’t sing praise to you. Those who go down to the grave can’t hope for you to be faithful to them.