Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living will know that they shall die: 1 But the dead know nothing, 1 And there is no longer any reward to them; 1 For their memory is lost. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? 1 There is hope of him: 1 For a living dog is better than a dead lion. 1

6Also their love, and their hatred, 1 And their envy, have now perished; 1 Yea, there is no portion for them anymore forever 1 In all that is done under the sun. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 14:14For we shall surely die, and be as water poured upon the earth, which shall not be gathered up, and God shall take the life, even as he devises to thrust forth from him his outcast.

Job 14:21And though his children be multiplied, he knows it not; 1 And if they be few, he is not aware. 1

Psalms 6:5Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: 1 Save me for thy mercy’s sake. 1

Psalms 88:13Thou hast created the north and the west: 1 Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no memorial to the first things; 1 Neither to the things that have been last 1 Shall their memorial be 1 With them that shall be at the last time. 1

Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to go to the house of mourning, 1 Than to go to the banquet house: 1 Since this is the end of every man; 1 And the living man will apply good warning to his heart. 1

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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