Ecclesiastes 9:5

For 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.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4No man is, that lyueth euere, and that hath trist of this thing; betere is a quik dogge than a deed lioun.

6Also the loue, and hatrede, and enuye perischiden togidere; and thei han no part in this world, and in the werk that is don vndur the sunne.

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Cross References

Job 14:21Whether hise sones ben noble, ether vnnoble, he schal not vndurstonde.

Psalms 6:5Lord, be thou conuertid, and delyuere my soule; make thou me saaf, for thi merci.

Psalms 88:13thou madist of nouyt the north and the see. Thabor and Hermon schulen make ful out ioye in thi name;

Ecclesiastes 1:11Mynde of the formere thingis is not, but sotheli nether thenkyng of tho thingis, that schulen come afterward, schal be at hem that schulen come in the last tyme.

Ecclesiastes 7:2A good name is betere than preciouse oynementis; and the dai of deth is betere than the dai of birthe.

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