Ecclesiastes 9:4
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English Standard Version
But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

New American Standard Bible
For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

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

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

International Standard Version
"While someone is among the living, hope remains," because "it is better to be a living dog than to be a dead lion."

NET Bible
But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But all who are among the living have hope, because a living dog is better than a dead lion.

King James 2000 Bible
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

American King 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.

American Standard Version
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Darby Bible Translation
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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

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

World English Bible
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Young's Literal Translation
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.
Lexicon
For
miy  (me)
an interrogative pronoun of persons, also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix -- any (man), he, him, + O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), + would to God.
to him that is
yesh  (yaysh)
entity; used adverbially or as a copula for the substantive verb; there is or are
joined
chabar  (khaw-bar')
to join; specifically (by means of spells) to fascinate

bachar  (baw-khar')
to try, i.e. (by implication) select -- acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
to all the living
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
there is hope
bittachown  (bit-taw-khone')
trust -- confidence, hope.
for a living
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
dog
keleb  (keh'-leb)
a dog; hence (by euphemism) a male prostitute -- dog.
is better
towb  (tobe)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun
than a dead
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
lion
'ariy  (ar-ee')
a lion -- (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
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