Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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.
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 "While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion." 5 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. 6 Furthermore, their love, their hate, and their envy have been long lost. Never again will they have a part in what happens on earth.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Job 14:21
"If his children are honored, he doesn't know it; if they become insignificant, he never perceives it.
Isaiah 26:14
The dead won't live, and the departed spirits won't rise to that end, you punished and destroyed them, then locked away all memory of them.
Ecclesiastes 2:16
For neither the wise nor the fool will be long remembered, since in days to come everything will be forgotten. The wise man dies the same way as the fool, does he not?
Ecclesiastes 8:10
So I watched the wicked being entombed. They used to come in and out of the Holy Place, but now they are forgotten in the city, where they used to work. This, too, is pointless.
Psalm 6:5
In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?
Ecclesiastes 1:11
No one remembers those in the past, nor will they be remembered by those who come after them.
Job 7:8-10
The eyes of the one who sees me won't see me anymore; your eyes will look for me but I won't be around!
Job 30:23
I know that you're about to kill me, so I'm about to go to the house that's appointed for all the living."
Psalm 88:10-12
Can you perform wonders for the dead? Can departed spirits stand up to praise you? Interlude
Psalm 109:15
May what they have done be continually in the LORD's presence; and may their memory be excised from the earth.
Ecclesiastes 7:2
It's better to attend a funeral than to attend a banquet, for everyone dies eventually, and the living will take this to heart.
Isaiah 63:16
But you are our Father, even Abraham does not know us and Israel has not acknowledged us; you are he, O LORD, our Father, from long ago, "Our Redeemer' is your name.
Hebrews 9:27
Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,