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Ecclesiastes 9:4 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 9 · verse 4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.Ecclesiastes 9:4 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:4 in context
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, 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.
4For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- joinedchâbarto joinH2266 →
- joinedbâcharproperly, to tryH977 →
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- hopebiṭṭâchôwntrustH986 →
- deadmûwthto dieH4191 →
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Solomon, in a fret, had praised the dead more than the living (Ecc 4:2); but here, considering the advantages of life to prepare for death and make sure the hope of a better life, he seems to be of another mind. I. He shows the advantages which the living have above those that are dead, Ecc 9:4-6. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-10