Ecclesiastes 9:4
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 9:4 King James Version (KJV)
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 New Century Version (NCV)
But anyone still alive has hope; even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Ecclesiastes 9:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 New International Version (NIV)
Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!
Ecclesiastes 9:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
[There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.