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Ecclesiastes 9:5

5 For the living know they will die; but the dead ado not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their bmemory is forgotten.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

For the living know that they will die,

but the dead know nothing;

they have no further reward,

and even their name is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For the living know that they will die;

But the dead know nothing,

And they have no more reward,

For the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The living know they will die,

but the dead know nothing.

Dead people have no more reward,

and people forget them.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything. They no longer have a reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

People who are still alive know they’ll die.

But those who have died don’t know anything.

They don’t receive any more rewards.

And they are soon forgotten.


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