Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.
New American Standard Bible
For the living know they will die; but the dead
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.
Holman Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.
International Standard Version
At least the living know they will die, but the dead know nothing; they no longer have a reward, since memory about them has been forgotten.
A Conservative Version
For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know not anything, nor have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
American Standard Version
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Amplified
For the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing, and they no longer have a reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Julia Smith Translation
For the living know they shall die: and the dead know not any thing, and no more to them a reward; for their remembrance was forgotten.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. They no longer have a reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For they that be living, know that they shall die: but they that be dead, know nothing, neither deserve they anymore. For their memorial is forgotten,
NET Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward -- and even the memory of them disappears.
New Heart English Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
The Emphasized Bible
For, the living, knew that they should die, - -but, the dead, knew not, anything, neither had they any longer a reward, because forgotten was their memory.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.
Topics
Interlinear
Chay
Yada`
ידע
Yada`
know, known, knowledge, perceive, shew, tell, wist, understand, certainly, acknowledge, acquaintance, consider, declare, teach,
Usage: 946
Muwth
M@uwmah
Sakar
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Death Deprives Humans Of Everything In Life
4 For whoever is chosen, to all those 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 do not know anything, nor do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten. 6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; nor do they any longer have a part forever in all that is done under the sun.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:21
His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.
Isaiah 26:14
Dead ones do not live; departed spirits do not rise. Therefore You have visited and destroyed them, and made all memory of them to perish.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For there is no memory of the wise more than of the fool forever, since that which is now shall all be forgotten in the days to come. And how does the wise die above the fool!
Ecclesiastes 8:10
And so I saw the wicked buried, and they came and went from the holy place. And they were forgotten in the city, these things that they had done. This is also vanity.
Psalm 6:5
For in death there is no memory of You; in the grave who shall give You thanks?
Ecclesiastes 1:11
There is no memory of former things, and also no memory of after things which shall be; for neither shall be a remembrance of them with those who will be at the afterwards.
Job 7:8-10
The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.
Job 30:23
For I know that You will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Psalm 88:10-12
For will You do wonders to the dead? Shall the dead rise and praise You? Selah.
Psalm 109:15
Let them be always before Jehovah, that He may cut off their memory from the earth,
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting; for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Isaiah 63:16
For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O Jehovah, are our Father, our Redeemer; Your name is from everlasting.
Hebrews 9:27
And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,