Ecclesiastes 9:4
World English Bible (WEB)
For to him who is joined with 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, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
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.
4 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
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.
6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.