Ecclesiastes 9:5

In 11 translations

BSB

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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.

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 their memory 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.

LSV

For the living know that they die, and the dead do not know anything, and there is no more reward to them, for their remembrance has been 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.

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.

DRC

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

GNV

For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance 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.

LXXE

For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι οἱ ζῶντες γνώσονται ὅτι ἀποθανοῦνται, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ οὐκ εἰσὶ γινώσκοντες οὐδέν· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἔτι μισθὸς, ὅτι ἐπελήσθη ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
• Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
• Psalms 6:5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
• Psalms 88:10–12Do You work wonders for the dead? Do departed spirits rise up to praise You? Selah Can Your loving devotion be proclaimed in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your…
• Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
• Job 14:21If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.
• Psalms 109:15May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
• Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
• Ecclesiastes 8:10Then too, I saw the burial of the wicked who used to go in and out of the holy place, and they were praised in the city where they had done so. This too is futile.
• Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
• Job 7:8–10The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more. As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up. He never returns to his house; his place…
• Ecclesiastes 7:2It is better to enter a house of mourning than a house of feasting, since death is the end of every man, and the living should take this to heart.
• Job 30:23Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.

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