Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Anyone who is among the living has hope —even a live dog is better off than a dead lion! New Living Translation There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!” English Standard Version But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Berean Standard Bible There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. King James Bible For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. New King James Version But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. New American Standard Bible For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion. NASB 1995 For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. NASB 1977 For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. Legacy Standard Bible For whoever is joined with all the living, there is confidence; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. Amplified Bible [There is no exemption,] but whoever is joined with all the living, has hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. Christian Standard Bible But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion. Holman Christian Standard Bible But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion. American Standard Version For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Everyone who shall be joined to All Life has trust, because a living dog is better than a dead lion Brenton Septuagint Translation 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. Contemporary English Version As long as we are alive, we still have hope, just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion. Douay-Rheims Bible There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion. English Revised Version For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. GOD'S WORD® Translation But all who are among the living have hope, because a living dog is better than a dead lion. Good News Translation But anyone who is alive in the world of the living has some hope; a live dog is better off than a dead lion. International Standard Version "While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion." JPS Tanakh 1917 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Literal Standard Version 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. Majority Standard Bible There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. New American Bible For whoever is chosen among all the living has hope: “A live dog is better off than a dead lion.” NET Bible But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion. New Revised Standard Version But whoever is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. New Heart English Bible For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Webster's Bible Translation For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. World English Bible For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Young's Literal Translation 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Death Comes to Good and Bad…3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead. 4There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.… Cross References Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead. Ecclesiastes 9:5 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. Treasury of Scripture For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Job 14:7-12 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease… Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. Jump to Previous Better Confidence Dead Dog Hope Joined Lion SurelyJump to Next Better Confidence Dead Dog Hope Joined Lion SurelyEcclesiastes 9 1. like things happen to good and bad4. there is a necessity of death unto men 7. Comfort is all their portion in this life 11. God's providence rules over all 13. wisdom is better than strength (4) There is a various reading here in the Hebrew. Our translators, following the older translators, adopt the reading of the margin. That of the text gives, instead of "joined," a word signifying "chosen;" the best sense that can be given to which is to translate, "For who is excepted," joining it with the previous verse, beginning this one, "To all the living," &c. With regard to the statement of the following verses, comp. Psalm 6:3 and the marginal references there given. The shepherd's dog is spoken of Job 30:1, and watchdogs Isaiah 56:10. Elsewhere in the Old Testament the dog is an unclean animal living or dead.Verse 4. - For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope. As long as a man lives (is one of living beings) he has some hope, whatever it be. This feeling is inextinguishable even unto the end. Ἄελπτον οὐδέν πάντα δ ελπίζειν χρεών "Hope springs eternal in the human breast." Thus Bailey sings, in 'Festus' - "All Have hopes, however wretched they may be, Hebrew There isיֵ֣שׁ (yêš) Adverb Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is hope, בִּטָּח֑וֹן (biṭ·ṭā·ḥō·wn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 986: Trust however, כִּי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction for anyone who מִי֙ (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix is among יְחֻבַּ֔ר (yə·ḥub·bar) Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 977: To try, select the living; הַחַיִּ֖ים (ha·ḥay·yîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life for even כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a live חַי֙ (ḥay) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life dog לְכֶ֤לֶב (lə·ḵe·leḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3611: A dog, a male prostitute is better ט֔וֹב (ṭō·wḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good than מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of a dead הַמֵּֽת׃ (ham·mêṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4191: To die, to kill lion. הָאַרְיֵ֖ה (hā·’ar·yêh) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 738: A lion Links Ecclesiastes 9:4 NIVEcclesiastes 9:4 NLT Ecclesiastes 9:4 ESV Ecclesiastes 9:4 NASB Ecclesiastes 9:4 KJV Ecclesiastes 9:4 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 9:4 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 9:4 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 9:4 French Bible Ecclesiastes 9:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 9:4 For to him who is joined (Ecclesiast. 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