Ecclesiastes 9:4
King James Version (KJV)
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
In context
2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, 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.
4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5 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.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.