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Ecclesiastes 9:5

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Bible Versions

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.
For the living {H2416} know {H3045} that they shall die {H4191}: but the dead {H4191} know {H3045} not any thing {H3972}, neither have they any more a reward {H7939}; for the memory {H2143} of them is forgotten {H7911}.
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; there is no longer any reward for them, because all memory of them is lost.
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.
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.
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