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Ecclesiastes 9:5 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 9 · verse 5
For 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.Ecclesiastes 9:5 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 9:5 in context
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.
7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 26:14
- Ecclesiastes 1:11
- Psalms 6:5
- Psalms 88:10-12
- Hebrews 9:27
- Job 14:21
- Psalms 109:15
- Ecclesiastes 2:16
Key words (Strong's)
- livingchayaliveH2416 →
- rewardsâkârpayment of contractH7939 →
- memoryzêkera memento, abstractly recollectionH2143 →
- knowyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- diemûwthto 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