Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV)

For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[There is no exemption] but he who is joined to all the living has hope–for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

American Standard Version (1901)

For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Common English Bible

Whoever is among the living can be certain about this. A living dog is definitely better off than a dead lion,

Catholic Public Domain Version

There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For She'ol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.