Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
New American Standard Bible
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
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.
Holman Bible
But there is hope for whoever is joined
International Standard Version
"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."
A Conservative Version
Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
American Standard Version
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Amplified
[There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Darby Translation
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Julia Smith Translation
For whoever shall choose to all the living there is hope: for to a living dog it is good above a dead lion.
King James 2000
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!
Modern King James verseion
For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And why? As long as a man liveth, he is careless: for a quick dog, say they, is better than a dead lion.
NET Bible
But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.
New Heart English Bible
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
The Emphasized Bible
For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope, - -inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a dead lion.
Webster
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
World English Bible
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Youngs Literal Translation
But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.
Themes
Interlinear
Chabar
Chay
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death Deprives Humans Of Everything In Life
3 This is evil in all things which are done under the sun: that there is one fate for all, and the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil; while they have life their hearts are foolish, and after that--to the dead. 4 For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
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Cross References
Job 14:7-12
For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?
Isaiah 38:18
For the underworld is not able to give you praise, death gives you no honour: for those who go down into the underworld there is no hope in your mercy.
Lamentations 3:21-22
This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.
Luke 16:26-29
And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.