Ecclesiastes 9:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And why? as long as a man liueth, he hath an hope: for a quicke dogge say they is better then a dead lion.

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  • Job 14:7-9 : 7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe. 8 Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde: 9 Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted. 10 But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him? 11 As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp: 12 So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe.
  • Job 27:8 : 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good, if God take away his soule?
  • Isa 38:18 : 18 For hell prayseth not thee, death doth not magnifie thee: they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth:
  • Lam 3:21-22 : 21 Whyle I consider these thinges in my heart, I get a hope agayne. 22 namely it is of the Lordes mercies that we are not vtterly consumed, for truely his pitifull compassion hath not ceassed.
  • Luke 16:26-29 : 26 Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs. 27 Then he sayde: I pray thee therfore father, sende hym to my fathers house. 28 For I haue fyue brethren, that he may witnesse vnto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 Abraham sayde vnto hym: they haue Moyses and the prophetes, let them heare them.

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    5 For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten.

    6 Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2 Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then those that be alyue?

    3 Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 3:18-22
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    18 I communed with myne owne heart also concernyng the children of men, howe God hath chosen them, and yet letteth them appeare as though they were beastes.

    19 For it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, euen one condition vnto them both: as the one dyeth so dyeth the other, yea they haue both one maner of breath: so that in this a man hath no preeminence aboue a beast, but are all subdued vnto vanitie.

    20 They go all vnto one place: for as they be all of dust, so shall they all turne vnto dust agayne.

    21 Who knoweth the spirite of man that goeth vpwarde, & the breath of the beast that goeth downe to the earth?

    22 Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

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    3 Among all thinges that come to passe vnder the sunne, this is a miserie, that it happeneth vnto all alike: This is the cause also that the heartes of men are full of wickednesse, and madde foolishnesse is in their heartes as long as they liue, vntyll they dye.

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    2 It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.

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    9 yea though he lyue long and see not the graue.

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    9 Use thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne, that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie: for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne.

    10 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome.

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    12 So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

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    6 Yea, though he lyued two thousande yeres, yet hath he no good lyfe: Come not all to one place?

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    48 What man is he that lyueth and shall not see death? can he delyuer his owne soule from the hande of hell? Selah.

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    7 For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

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    16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.

    17 Thus began I to be weery of my life, insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne: for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde.

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    8 For what hath the wise more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore that he knoweth to walke with fooles before the lyuyng?

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    8 If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

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    15 And I perceaued that all men lyuyng vnder the sunne, go with the seconde childe that shall stande vp in the steade of the other.

    16 As for the people that haue ben before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable, and they that come after him shall not reioyce in him: This is also a vayne thyng, and vexation of mynde.

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    11 Many thinges there be that encrease vanitie, and what hath a man els?

    12 For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

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    32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie: but the ryghteous hath a good hope, euen in death.

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    30 That he bring backe his soule from the graue to the light, yea the light of the lyuing.

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    15 Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne.

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    14 May a dead man lyue againe? All the dayes of my lyfe wyll I wayte still, till my chaunging shall come.

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    20 Wherefore is the light geuen to hym that is in miserie? & lyfe vnto them that haue heauy heartes?

    21 Whiche long for death and finde it not, though they search more for it than for treasures:

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    13 But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren, concernyng them which sleepe, that ye sorowe not euen as other, which haue no hope.