Ecclesiastes 9:4

No man is, that lyueth euere, and that hath trist of this thing; betere is a quik dogge than a deed lioun.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The 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.

In Context

3This thing is the worste among alle thingis, that ben don vndur the sunne, that the same thingis bifallen to alle men; wherfor and the hertis of the sones of men ben fillid with malice and dispisyng in her lijf; and aftir these thingis thei schulen be led doun to hellis.

5For thei that lyuen witen that thei schulen die; but deed men knowen no thing more, nether han meede ferthere; for her mynde is youun to foryetyng.

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Cross References

Job 27:8For what is the hope of an ypocrite, if he rauyschith gredili, and God delyuerith not his soule?

Lamentations 3:21Zai. Y bithenkynge these thingis in myn herte, schal hope in God.

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