Ecclesiastes 9:4 - Y'all Version Bible

⁴ 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

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Tagairtí Cros

Job 27:8

For what is the hope of the godless, when they are cut off, when God takes away their 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 their memory is forgotten.

Isaiah 38:18

For Sheol cannot praise you. Death cannot celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth.