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.


In Context

2 All things come alike to all: there is 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; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they 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 any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation 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.