Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 3588 [e] כִּ֧י kî For Conj 2416 [e] הַֽחַיִּ֛ים ha-ḥay-yîm the living Art | Adj-mp 3045 [e] יוֹדְעִ֖ים yō-wḏ-‘îm know V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp 4191 [e] שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ še-yā-mu-ṯū that they will die Pro-r | V-Qal-Imperf-3mp 4191 [e] וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים wə-ham-mê-ṯîm and the dead Conj-w, Art | V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp 369 [e] אֵינָ֧ם ’ê-nām not Adv | 3mp 3045 [e] יוֹדְעִ֣ים yō-wḏ-‘îm can know V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp 3972 [e] מְא֗וּמָה mə-’ū-māh anything N-ms 369 [e] וְאֵֽין־ wə-’ên- and there is not Conj-w | Adv 5750 [e] ע֤וֹד ‘ō-wḏ anymore Adv [e] לָהֶם֙ lā-hem for them Prep-l | 3mp 7939 [e] שָׂכָ֔ר śā-ḵār a reward N-ms 3588 [e] כִּ֥י kî for Conj 7911 [e] נִשְׁכַּ֖ח niš-kaḥ is forgotten V-Nifal-Perf-3ms 2143 [e] זִכְרָֽם׃ ziḵ-rām the memory of them N-msc | 3mp

Berean Study Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Young's Literal Translation
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
For 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. Ecclesiastes 9:5 • Ecclesiastes 9:5 NIV • Ecclesiastes 9:5 NLT • Ecclesiastes 9:5 ESV • Ecclesiastes 9:5 NASB • Ecclesiastes 9:5 KJV • Ecclesiastes 9:5 Biblia Paralela • Ecclesiastes 9:5 Chinese Bible • Ecclesiastes 9:5 French Bible • Ecclesiastes 9:5 German Bible

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