Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ 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

⁴ [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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

English Standard Version 2016

⁴ But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the hypocrite if through covetousness he take by violence, and God deliver not his soul?

Ecclesiastes 9:3

This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For hell shall not confess to thee, neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit look for thy truth.