Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Tree of Life Version

Everyone who is among the living has hope—even a living dog is better off 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 hope has the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes his soul?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a misery in everything done under the sun: that the same destiny awaits everyone. Moreover, the hearts of all humans are full of evil, and folly is in their hearts during their lives—after that they die.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, even the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot thank You, death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.