Ecclesiastes 9:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

For 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 Honoured are his sons, and he knoweth not; And they are little, and he attendeth not to them.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 There is not a remembrance of former `generations'; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 and as it is laid up to men once to die, and after this -- judgment,
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 For Thou `art' our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, `art' our Father, Our redeemer from the age, `is' Thy name.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of my beholder beholdeth me not. Thine eyes `are' upon me -- and I am not. 9 Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up. 10 He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders? Do Rephaim rise? do they thank Thee? Selah. 11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave? Thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness? And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 They are before Jehovah continually, And He cutteth off from earth their memorial.
  • Job 30:23 : 23 For I have known To death Thou dost bring me back, And `to' the house appointed for all living.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Eccl 9:6
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    6Their love also, their hatred also, their envy also, hath already perished, and they have no more a portion to the age in all that hath been done under the sun.

  • Eccl 9:3-4
    2 verses
    79%

    3This `is' an evil among all that hath been done under the sun, that one event `is' to all, and also the heart of the sons of man is full of evil, and madness `is' in their heart during their life, and after it -- unto the dead.

    4But `to' him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it `is' better than to the dead lion.

  • Eccl 2:16-17
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    77%

    16That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which `is' already, `in' the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

    17And I have hated life, for sad to me `is' the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 4:2-3
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    2And I am praising the dead who have already died above the living who are yet alive.

    3And better than both of them `is' he who hath not yet been, in that he hath not seen the evil work that hath been done under the sun.

  • Ps 6:5
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    5For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

  • Ps 115:17
    76%

    17The dead praise not Jah, Nor any going down to silence.

  • Eccl 1:11
    76%

    11There is not a remembrance of former `generations'; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

  • Eccl 9:10
    75%

    10All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

  • Eccl 8:10
    74%

    10And so I have seen the wicked buried, and they went in, even from the Holy Place they go, and they are forgotten in the city whether they had so done. This also `is' vanity.

  • Job 7:9-10
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    74%

    9Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

    10He turneth not again to his house, Nor doth his place discern him again.

  • Isa 26:14
    74%

    14Dead -- they live not, Rephaim, they rise not, Therefore Thou hast inspected and dost destroy them, Yea, thou destroyest all their memory.

  • Job 14:12
    73%

    12And man hath lain down, and riseth not, Till the wearing out of the heavens they awake not, Nor are roused from their sleep.

  • Prov 9:18
    73%

    18And he hath not known that Rephaim `are' there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

  • Eccl 3:19-22
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    73%

    19For an event `is to' the sons of man, and an event `is to' the beasts, even one event `is' to them; as the death of this, so `is' the death of that; and one spirit `is' to all, and the advantage of man above the beast is nothing, for the whole `is' vanity.

    20The whole are going unto one place, the whole have been from the dust, and the whole are turning back unto the dust.

    21Who knoweth the spirit of the sons of man that is going up on high, and the spirit of the beast that is going down below to the earth?

    22And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it `is' his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

  • Eccl 6:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5Even the sun he hath not seen nor known, more rest hath this than that.

    6And though he had lived a thousand years twice over, yet good he hath not seen; to the same place doth not every one go?

  • Ps 88:5
    72%

    5Among the dead -- free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off.

  • Eccl 4:16
    72%

    16there is no end to all the people, to all who were before them; also, the latter rejoice not in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

  • Eccl 6:8
    72%

    8For what advantage `is' to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

  • Eccl 8:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7For he knoweth not that which shall be, for when it shall be who declareth to him?

    8There is no man ruling over the spirit to restrain the spirit, and there is no authority over the day of death, and there is no discharge in battle, and wickedness delivereth not its possessors.

  • Eccl 6:12
    72%

    12For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

  • Ps 49:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9And still he liveth for ever, He seeth not the pit.

    10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

  • Eccl 3:12
    71%

    12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

  • Eccl 9:1
    71%

    1But all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, `are' in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole `is' before them.

  • Eccl 7:2
    71%

    2Better to go unto a house of mourning, Than to go unto a house of banqueting, For that is the end of all men, And the living layeth `it' unto his heart.

  • Job 28:13
    71%

    13Man hath not known its arrangement, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

  • Job 8:9
    70%

    9(For of yesterday we `are', and we know not, For a shadow `are' our days on earth.)

  • Ps 89:48
    70%

    48Who `is' the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. Selah.

  • Job 3:21
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    21Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

  • Ps 49:19
    70%

    19It cometh to the generation of his fathers, For ever they see not the light.

  • Job 14:10
    70%

    10And a man dieth, and becometh weak, And man expireth, and where `is' he?

  • Eccl 1:9
    70%

    9What `is' that which hath been? it `is' that which is, and what `is' that which hath been done? it `is' that which is done, and there is not an entirely new thing under the sun.

  • Job 4:21
    69%

    21Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

  • 1 Thess 4:13
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    13And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

  • Eccl 8:17
    69%

    17then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.

  • Eccl 5:20
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    20For he doth not much remember the days of his life, for God is answering through the joy of his heart.

  • Ps 103:16
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    16For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

  • Isa 38:18
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    18For Sheol doth not confess Thee, Death doth not praise Thee, Those going down to the pit hope not for Thy truth.

  • Ps 146:4
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    4His spirit goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, In that day have his thoughts perished.

  • Ps 49:17
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    17For at his death he receiveth nothing, His honour goeth not down after him.

  • Eccl 11:8
    69%

    8But, if man liveth many years, In all of them let him rejoice, And remember the days of darkness, For they are many! all that is coming `is' vanity.