Verse 5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward– and even the memory of them disappears.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:21 : 21 If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
  • Isa 26:14 : 14 The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.
  • Eccl 8:10 : 10 Contradictions to the Law of Retribution Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.
  • Ps 6:5 : 5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?
  • Eccl 2:16 : 16 For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies– just like the fool!
  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment,
  • Isa 63:16 : 16 For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, LORD, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times.
  • Job 7:8-9 : 8 The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. 9 As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. 10 He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more.
  • Eccl 7:2 : 2 It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.
  • Ps 88:10-12 : 10 Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks?(Selah) 11 Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? 12 Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion?
  • Ps 109:15 : 15 May the LORD be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth!
  • Job 30:23 : 23 I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living.