Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Chay
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death Deprives Humans Of Everything In Life
3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4 For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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Cross References
Job 14:7-12
"For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.
Job 27:8
For what is the hope of the godless, when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Isaiah 38:18
For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.
Lamentations 3:21-22
This I recall to my mind; therefore have I hope.
Luke 16:26-29
Besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that those who want to pass from here to you are not able, and that none may cross over from there to us.'