Ecclesiastes 9:4
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For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
In other translations
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588מִיmiwho?H4310אֲשֶׁר'asher[is [the] one] whoH834יְחֻבַּרyibacherhe is unitedH2266אֶל'eltoH413כָּל־kol-allH3605הַחַיִּיםhachaiyimthe livingH2416יֵשׁyeshthereH3426בִּטָּחוֹןbitachon[is] hopeH986כִּי־ki-forH3588לְכֶלֶבlekhelevto a dogH3611חַיchailivingH2416הוּאhu'itH1931טוֹבtov[is] goodH2896מִן־min-more thanH4480הָאַרְיֵהha'aryehthe lionH738הַמֵּת׃hamet<the> deadH4191
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Job 14:7-127 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. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?7 For there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender shoots will not fail. 8 If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil, 9 at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling. 10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
- Luke 16:26-2926 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.26 And 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.’ 27 ‘Then I beg you, father,’ he said, ‘send Lazarus to my father’s house, 28 for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also end up in this place of torment.’ 29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
- Isaiah 38:18For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who descend to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:21-2221 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. 22 It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.21 Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: 22 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 hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
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