Ecclesiastes 9:5
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.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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2 Samuel 14:14For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person; but let him devise means, that he that is banished be not an outcast from him.
Job 14:21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he regardeth them not.
Psalms 6:5(6-6) For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?
Psalms 88:13(88-14) But as for me, unto Thee, O LORD, do I cry, and in the morning doth my prayer come to meet Thee.
Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.
Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
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 →