Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, have now perished; yea, there is no portion for them any more for ever in all that is done under the sun.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart; for now God has favourably accepted thy works.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Psalms 146:3He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.

Proverbs 10:28Joy rests long with the righteous: but the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Ecclesiastes 6:12What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:5-11

The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 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… Read the whole commentary →

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