5For 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.


In Context

2 All things come alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean, to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3 This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the heart of the children of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live; and after that, they have to go to the dead.

4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

5 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.

6 Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more for ever a portion in all that is done under the sun.

7 Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:5For 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.