Ecclesiastes 9:6

Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither do they any longer have a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

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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 know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

7Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who didn’t know Joseph.

Psalms 146:3Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

Proverbs 10:28The prospect of the righteous is joy, but the hope of the wicked will perish.

Ecclesiastes 6:12For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Matthew 2:20“Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who sought the young child’s life are dead.”

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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