Ecclesiastes 9:4

Old Testament Wisdom/Poetry ASV (1901)

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 — American Standard Version

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Context — Ecclesiastes 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.

1For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that [they go] to the dead.

4For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5For 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.

6As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

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