Ecclesiastes 9:5
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.
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.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- KJV
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- DARBY
- 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.
- BLB
- for the living know that they will die, and the dead cannot know anything, and there is not anymore for them a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
- ÅB
- for de levende vet at de skal dø, men de døde vet ikke noen ting, og de får ikke lenger noen lønn, for minnet om dem er glemt.
- OTB
- De levende vet at de skal dø, men de døde vet ingenting; de har ingen videre belønning, og selv deres minne er glemt.
- B1930
- for de levende vet at de skal dø, men de døde vet ikke nogen ting, og de får ikke lenger nogen lønn, for minnet om dem er glemt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 26:14
They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 1:11
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Read in contextPsalms 6:5
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Read in contextPsalms 88:10–12
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Read in contextHebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Read in contextJob 14:21
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Read in contextPsalms 109:15
Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 2:16
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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