Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“But <FI>to<Fi> him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it <FI>is<Fi> better than to the dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.”
Ecclesiastes 9:4 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:4 in Context — Ecclesiastes 9
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 is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, 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 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.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:4 Mean?
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