Ecclesiastes 9:5
Ecclesiastes 9:5 — The New International Version (NIV)
5 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)
5 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 Living Translation (NLT)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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)
5 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.
Ecclesiastes 9:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.