Ecclesiastes 9:5

World English Bible (2000)

For 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 His sons come to honor, and he doesn't know it. They are brought low, but he doesn't perceive it of them.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more. Your eyes shall be on me, but I shall not be. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more. 10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? Selah. 11 Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction? 12 Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 Let them be before Yahweh continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth;
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:6
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    6 Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
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    3 This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes 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 who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

    17 So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2 Therefore I praised the dead who have been long dead more than the living who are yet alive.

    3 Yes, better than them both is him who has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

  • Ps 115:17
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    17 The dead don't praise Yah, neither any who go down into silence;

  • Eccl 1:11
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    11 There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

  • Eccl 8:10
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    10 So I saw the wicked buried. Indeed they came also from holiness. They went and were forgotten in the city where they did this. This also is vanity.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    9 As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

    10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

  • Isa 26:14
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    14 The dead shall not live. The deceased shall not rise. Therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and caused all memory of them to perish.

  • Job 14:12
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    12 so man lies down and doesn't rise. Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

  • Prov 9:18
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    18 But he doesn't know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    19 For that which happens to the sons of men happens to animals. Even one thing happens to them. As the one dies, so the other dies. Yes, they have all one breath; and man has no advantage over the animals: for all is vanity.

    20 All go to one place. All are from the dust, and all turn to dust again.

    21 Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the animal, whether it goes downward to the earth?"

    22 Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
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    5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

    6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

  • Ps 88:5
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    5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

  • Eccl 4:16
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    16 There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was--yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

  • Eccl 6:8
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    8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 8:7-8
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    7 For he doesn't know that which will be; for who can tell him how it will be?

    8 There is no man who has power over the spirit to contain the spirit; neither does he have power over the day of death. There is no discharge in war; neither shall wickedness deliver those who practice it.

  • Eccl 6:12
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    12 For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

  • Ps 49:9-10
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    9 That he should live on forever, that he should not see corruption.

    10 For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.

  • Eccl 3:12
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    12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

  • Eccl 9:1
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    1 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn't know it; all is before them.

  • Eccl 7:2
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    2 It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men, and the living should take this to heart.

  • Job 28:13
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    13 Man doesn't know its price; Neither is it found in the land of the living.

  • Job 8:9
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    9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.)

  • Ps 89:48
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    48 What man is he who shall live and not see death, who shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah.

  • Job 3:21
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    21 Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

  • Ps 49:19
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    19 he shall go to the generation of his fathers. They shall never see the light.

  • Job 14:10
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    10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

  • Eccl 1:9
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    9 That which has been is that which shall be; and that which has been done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

  • Job 4:21
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    21 Isn't their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

  • Eccl 8:17
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    17 then I saw all the work of God, that man can't find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won't find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won't be able to find it.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20 For he shall not often reflect on the days of his life; because God occupies him with the joy of his heart.

  • Ps 103:16
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    16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone. Its place remembers it no more.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18 For Sheol can't praise you. Death can't celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can't hope for your truth.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4 His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17 For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

  • Eccl 11:8
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    8 Yes, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity.