Ecclesiastes 9:4

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

In context

2 It is the same for all: There is a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, for the good and the bad, for the clean and the unclean, for the one who sacrifices and the one who does not. As it is for the good, so it is for the sinner; as it is for the one who makes a vow, so it is for the one who refuses to take a vow.

3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.

4 There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

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

6 Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

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Ecclesiastes 9:4 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
KJV King James Version: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
WEB World English Bible: For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ASV American Standard Version: For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.
DBY Darby Translation: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
WBS Webster Bible: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.