Ecclesiastes 9:5
Parallel Translations


NASB: For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: 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.
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.

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