Ecclesiastes 9:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 And he knoweth not if his sonnes shall be honourable, neither shall he vnderstand concerning them, whether they shalbe of lowe degree,
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed vnto men that they shall once die, and after that commeth the iudgement:
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 Doutles thou art our Father: though Abraham be ignorant of vs, and Israel knowe vs not, yet thou, O Lord, art our Father, and our redeemer: thy Name is for euer.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye that hath seene me, shall see me no more: thine eyes are vpon me, and I shall be no longer. 9 As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more. 10 He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 (7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Wilt thou shewe a miracle to the dead? or shall the dead rise and prayse thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy louing kindenes be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnes in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the land of obliuion?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 But let them alway be before the Lorde, that he may cut off their memorial from ye earth.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 Surely I knowe that thou wilt bring mee to death, and to the house appoynted for all the liuing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is now perished, and they haue no more portion for euer, in all that is done vnder the sunne.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
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    3This is euill among all that is done vnder the sunne, that there is one condition to all, and also the heart of the sonnes of men is full of euill, and madnes is in their heartes whiles they liue, and after that, they goe to the dead.

    4Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten; howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

    17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2Wherefore I praysed the dead which now are dead, aboue the liuing, which are yet aliue.

    3And I count him better then them both, which hath not yet bin: for he hath not seene the euill workes which are wrought vnder the sunne.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the graue who shall prayse thee?

  • Ps 115:17
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    17The dead prayse not the Lord, neither any that goe downe into the place of silence.

  • Eccl 1:11
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    11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10All that thine hand shall finde to doe, doe it with all thy power: for there is neither worke nor inuention, nor knowledge, nor wisedome in the graue whither thou goest.

  • Eccl 8:10
    74%

    10And likewise I sawe the wicked buried, and they returned, and they that came from the holy place, were yet forgotten in the citie where they had done right: this also is vanitie.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9As the cloude vanisheth and goeth away, so he that goeth downe to the graue, shall come vp no more.

    10He shall returne no more to his house, neither shall his place knowe him any more.

  • Isa 26:14
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    14The dead shall not liue, neither shall the dead arise, because thou hast visited and scattered them, and destroyed all their memorie.

  • Job 14:12
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    12So man sleepeth and riseth not: for hee shall not wake againe, nor be raised from his sleepe till the heauen be no more.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19For the condition of the children of men, and the condition of beasts are euen as one condition vnto them. As the one dyeth, so dyeth the other: for they haue all one breath, and there is no excellency of man aboue ye beast: for all is vanitie.

    20All goe to one place, & all was of the dust, and all shall returne to the dust.

    21Who knoweth whether the spirit of man ascend vpward, and the spirit of the beast descend downeward to the earth?

    22Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shal bring him to see what shalbe after him?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5Also he hath not seene ye sunne, nor knowen it: therefore this hath more rest then the other.

    6And if he had liued a thousand yeeres twise tolde, and had seene no good, shall not all goe to one place?

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    5Free among the dead, like the slaine lying in the graue, whome thou remembrest no more, and they are cut off from thine hand.

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    16There is none ende of all the people, nor of all that were before them, and they that come after, shall not reioyce in him: surely this is also vanitie and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7For he knoweth not that which shalbe: for who can tell him when it shalbe?

    8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.

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    12(7:2) For who knoweth what is good for man in the life and in the nomber of the dayes of the life of his vanitie, seeing he maketh them as a shadowe? For who can shewe vnto man what shall be after him vnder the sunne?

  • Ps 49:9-10
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    9That he may liue still for euer, and not see the graue.

    10For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, & leaue their riches for others.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1I haue surely giuen mine heart to all this, and to declare all this, that the iust, and the wise, and their workes are in the hand of God: and no man knoweth eyther loue or hatred of all that is before them.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2(7:4) It is better to goe to the house of mourning, then to goe to the house of feasting, because this is the ende of all men: and the liuing shall lay it to his heart.

  • Job 28:13
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    13Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing.

  • Job 8:9
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    9(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)

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    48What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? Selah.

  • Job 3:21
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    21Which long for death, and if it come not, they would euen search it more then treasures:

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    19He shal enter into the generation of his fathers, and they shall not liue for euer.

  • Job 14:10
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    10But man is sicke, and dyeth, and man perisheth, and where is he?

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9What is it that hath bene? That that shalbe: and what is it that hath bene done? That which shalbe done: and there is no newe thing vnder the sunne.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Doeth not their dignitie goe away with them? do they not die, & that without wisdom?

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    13I would not, brethren, haue you ignorant concerning them which are a sleepe, that ye sorow not euen as other which haue no hope.

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    17Then I behelde the whole worke of God, that man cannot finde out ye worke that is wrought vnder the sunne: for the which man laboureth to seeke it, and cannot finde it: yea, and though the wise man thinke to knowe it, he cannot finde it.

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    20(5:19) Surely hee will not much remember the dayes of his life, because God answereth to the ioy of his heart.

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    16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18For the graue cannot confesse thee: death cannot praise thee: they that goe downe into the pit, cannot hope for thy trueth.

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    4His breath departeth, and he returneth to his earth: then his thoughtes perish.

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    17For he shall take nothing away when he dieth, neither shal his pompe descende after him.

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    8Though a man liue many yeeres, and in them all he reioyce, yet hee shall remember the daies of darkenesse, because they are manie, all that commeth is vanitie.