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Ecclesiastes 9:5

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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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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 26:14 (21 votes)

    [They are] dead, they shall not live; [they are] deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

  • Ecclesiastes 1:11 (19 votes)

    [There is] no remembrance of former [things]; neither shall there be [any] remembrance of [things] that are to come with [those] that shall come after.

  • Psalms 6:5 (16 votes)

    For in death [there is] no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

  • Psalms 88:10 (12 votes)

    ¶ Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise [and] praise thee? Selah.

  • Psalms 88:12 (12 votes)

    Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

  • Hebrews 9:27 (11 votes)

    And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

  • Job 14:21 (11 votes)

    His sons come to honour, and he knoweth [it] not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth [it] not of them.