Ecclesiastes 9:5
Ecclesiastes 9:4-6 The Message (MSG)
Still, anyone selected out for life has hope, for, as they say, “A living dog is better than a dead lion.” The living at least know something, even if it’s only that they’re going to die. But the dead know nothing and get nothing. They’re a minus that no one remembers. Their loves, their hates, yes, even their dreams, are long gone. There’s not a trace of them left in the affairs of this earth.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 King James Version (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.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
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.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 New Century Version (NCV)
The living know they will die, but the dead know nothing. Dead people have no more reward, and people forget them.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 American Standard Version (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.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 New International Version (NIV)
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
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.