For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
Ecclesiastes 9:4 - English Standard Version 2016 But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 更多版本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. |
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that the same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
For Sheol does not thank you; death does not praise you; those who go down to the pit do not hope for your faithfulness.