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.In other versions
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ASV
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.
BBE
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
DBY
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
WEB
But `to' him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it `is' better than to the dead lion.
YLT
In order to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ENG
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
WBT
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
BSB
In context
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
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.