Ecclesiastes 9:4

In 11 translations

BSB

There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

KJV

¶ For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

But [to] him who is joined to all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.

YLT

But [to] him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it [is] better than to the dead lion.

DBY

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

DRC

There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

GNV

Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

JPS

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

LXXE

For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּי־מִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יבחר אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּח֑וֹן כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא ט֔וֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃Read aloud as (qere): יְחֻבַּ֔ר

LXX-Br

Ὅτι τίς ὃς κοινωνεῖ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας; ἔστιν ἐλπὶς, ὅτι ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν αὐτὸς ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 14:7–12For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail. If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil, at the scent of water it will bud and put…
• Luke 16:26–29And besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us and you, so that even those who wish cannot cross from here to you, nor can anyone cross from there to us.’ ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus…
• Isaiah 38:18For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
• Lamentations 3:21–22Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
• Job 27:8For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?

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