Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 evil is in all that is done under the sun, that one fate comes to all. Also, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and afterwards they go to the dead. 4 [There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. 5 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.
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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,
And that the shoots of it will not cease nor fail, [but there is no such hope for man].
Job 27:8
“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
Isaiah 38:18
“For Sheol cannot praise or thank You,
Death cannot praise You and rejoice in You;
Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
Lamentations 3:21-22
But this I call to mind,
Therefore I have hope.
Luke 16:26-29