Ecclesiastes
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 9:4
“For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Context
1For 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. 2All 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. 3This 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. 4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For 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. 6Also 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. 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
"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 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Other Translations for Ecclesiastes 9:4
Bible Commentary for Ecclesiastes 9:4
Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 9:4
9:4 Joined - That continues with living men. Hope - He hath not only some comfort for the present, but also hopes of further happiness in this world. Better - Much happier as to the comforts of this world.
ΒΆ For to him that is ioyned to all the liuing, there is hope: for a liuing dogge is better then a dead Lion.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- American Standard Version (1901)
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Basic English Bible
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Darby Bible
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- English Revised Version
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
- World English Bible