Ecclesiastes 9:4

כִּי ־ מִי אֲשֶׁר יבחר אֶל כָּל ־ הַחַיִּים יֵשׁ בִּטָּחוֹן כִּֽי ־ לְכֶלֶב חַי הוּא טוֹב מִן ־ הָאַרְיֵה הַמֵּֽת ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

In Context

3זֶה ׀ רָע בְּכֹל אֲשֶֽׁר ־ נַעֲשָׂה תַּחַת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כִּֽי ־ מִקְרֶה אֶחָד לַכֹּל וְגַם לֵב בְּֽנֵי ־ הָאָדָם מָלֵא ־ רָע וְהוֹלֵלוֹת בִּלְבָבָם בְּחַיֵּיהֶם וְאַחֲרָיו אֶל ־ הַמֵּתִֽים ׃

5כִּי הַֽחַיִּים יוֹדְעִים שֶׁיָּמֻתוּ וְהַמֵּתִים אֵינָם יוֹדְעִים מְאוּמָה וְאֵֽין ־ עוֹד לָהֶם שָׂכָר כִּי נִשְׁכַּח זִכְרָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Job 27:8כִּי מַה ־ תִּקְוַת חָנֵף כִּי יִבְצָע כִּי יֵשֶׁל אֱלוֹהַּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

Lamentations 3:21זֹאת אָשִׁיב אֶל ־ לִבִּי עַל ־ כֵּן אוֹחִֽיל ׃ ס

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 9:2-4

Mysteries in Providence. 1 For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. 3 This… Read the whole commentary →

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