Ecclesiastes 9:4
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 9 connects to 8 cross-references. A meditation on the common fate of death that overtakes righteous and wicked alike. The living know they will die but the dead know nothing and have no portion in what happens under the sun. Therefore enjoy life with the …
Andere Übersetzungen
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
But <FI>to<Fi> him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it <FI>is<Fi> better than to the dead lion.
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Querverweise
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the …
So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised …
For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope …
This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass …
Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.