Ecclesiastes 9:4 “There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a…”

Ecclesiastes 9:4

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

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.

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.

Bible in Basic English

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Cross references

“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”

Job 14:7–12 Isaiah 38:18 Luke 16:26–29 Job 27:8 Lamentations 3:21 Lamentations 3:22

Job 14:7–12 · BSB

For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail.

Isaiah 38:18 · BSB

For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

Luke 16:26–29 · BSB

And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’

Job 27:8 · BSB

For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

Lamentations 3:21 · BSB

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Lamentations 3:22 · BSB

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3This 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.

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

Read Ecclesiastes 9