Ecclesiastes 9:5
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
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.
7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Ecclesiastes 9:5 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
- WBS Webster Bible
- For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.