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Ecclesiastes 9:4

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Better to Be Poor but Alive than Rich but Dead

9:4But whoever is among14 the living15 has hope;

a live dog is better than a dead lion.

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Footnotes

  1. 14 The consonantal text (Kethib) has “is chosen, selected.” The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), “is joined.” See 288 חָבַר Pu.
  2. 15 Heb “all the living.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But there is hope for whoever is joined with all the living, since a live dog is better than a dead lion.

NLTNew Living Translation

There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Whoever is joined to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!

KJV 1900King James Version

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.