Ecclesiastes 9:5 Parallel Translations

The living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

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.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 Cross References

XREF:

Job 14:21 "His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

Psalm 88:12 Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still.

Ecclesiastes 2:16 For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die!

Ecclesiastes 8:10 So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility.

Isaiah 26:14 The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have wiped out all remembrance of them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

9:5 Die - Whereby they are taught to improve life. Any thing - Of the actions and events of this world. Reward - The fruit of their labours in this world, are utterly lost as to them. Forgotten - Even in those places where they had lived in great power and glory.

MHC:

9:4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their condition in life. The meanest morsel, coming from their Father's love, in answer to prayer, will have a peculiar relish. Not that we may set our hearts upon the delights of sense, but what God has given us we may use with wisdom. The joy here described, is the gladness of heart that springs from a sense of the Divine favour. This is the world of service, that to come is the world of recompence. All in their stations, may find some work to do. And above all, sinners have the salvation of their souls to seek after, believers have to prove their faith, adorn the gospel, glorify God, and serve their generation.

CONC:

Anything Conscious Dead Death Die Forgotten Further Longer Lost Memory Nothing Remembrance Reward

Conscious Dead Death Die Forgotten Further Longer Memory Remembrance Reward

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