Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears. ¹ 

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even the memory of them is forgotten.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

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.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

The living at least know [something], even if it's only that they're going to die. But the dead know nothing and get nothing. They're a minus that no one remembers.

SABDAweb Ecc 9:5

The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.

bibleoremus Ecc 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “for their memory is forgotten.” The pronominal suffix is an objective genitive, “memory of them.”