Ecclesiastes 9:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

Asang Khongca Bible

Kahing kaminawk salakah kaom kami loe oephaih to tawnh; kadueh kaipui pongah loe kahing ui to hoih kue.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Tedae u khaw hingnah cungkuem taengah kaibaeng tih aka sun uh te tah pangtungnah om. Ui pataeng khaw amah a hing vaengah tah sathueng aka duek lakah then.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Tedae u khaw hingnah cungkuem taengah kaibaeng tih aka sun uh te tah pangtungnah om. Ui pataeng khaw amah a hing vaengah tah sathueng aka duek lakah then.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ka mea, ua laua ka manao, no ka mea i huipuia me na mea ola a pau; no ka mea, ua oi aku ka ilio ola mamua o ka liona make.

English Berean Standard Bible

There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Men, toutotan yon moun vivan toujou gen espwa pou li. Yon chen vivan miyò pase yon lyon mouri.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Nemo est qui semper vivat, et qui hujus rei habeat fiduciam; melior est canis vivus leone mortuo.

Bible in Basic English

For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; a living dog is better than a dead lion.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car pour celui qui est lié à tous les vivants il y a de l’espoir, car un chien vivant vaut mieux qu’un lion mort.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ačkoli ten, kterýž tovaryší se všechněmi živými, má naději, an psu živému lépe jest nežli lvu mrtvému.

Kosraean Bible

Tusruktu kutena mwet su moul inmasrlon ma moul uh, oasr finsrak yorolos. Soko kosro ngalngul ma moul, wo liki soko lion ma misa.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois para aquele que está unido a todos os vivos há esperança; porque um cão vivo é melhor do que um leão morto.

Romanian BTF Bible

Deoarece este speranță pentru cel unit cu toți cei vii; căci un câine viu este mai bun decât un leu mort.

Brenton English Septuagint

For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အသက်ရှင်သော လူစုအပေါင်းနှင့် ဆိုင်သေး သောသူသည် မြော်လင့်စရာရှိ၏။ အသက်ရှင်သောခွေး သည် သေသောခြင်္သေ့ထက် သာ၍ကောင်းမြတ်၏။

Darby Translation

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

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn für einen jeden, der all den Lebenden zugesellt wird, gibt es Hoffnung; denn selbst ein lebendiger Hund ist besser daran als ein toter Löwe.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want voor dengene, die vergezelschapt is bij alle levenden, is er hoop; want een levende hond is beter dan een dode leeuw.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Toch is er hoop, zolang men tot de levenden hoort; Daarom beter een levende hond dan een dode leeuw.

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè, chi è che faccia eccezione? Vi è qualche speranza per tutti quelli che sono in vita; conciossiachè la condizione d'un can vivo sia migliore che quella d'un leone morto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.

Noyes Bible

For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Danish Bible 1931

Kun for den, der hører til de levendes Flok, er der Håb; thi levende Hund er bedre faren end død Løve.

Leeser Tanakh

For whoever is yet united with all the living hath still hope; for a living dog fareth better than a dead lion.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Một người ở trong hội kẻ sống, còn có sự trông mong; vì con chó sống hơn là sư tử chết.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

¶ He ʻoku ai ʻae ʻamanaki lelei kiate ia ʻoku kei kau ki he moʻui: he ʻoku lelei hake ʻae kulī ʻoku moʻui ʻi ha laione kuo mate.

French Ostervald Bible

Car il y a de l'espérance pour quiconque est encore associé à tous les vivants; et même un chien vivant vaut mieux qu'un lion mort.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar kiu troviĝas inter la vivuloj, tiu havas ankoraŭ esperon; ĉar eĉ al hundo vivanta estas pli bone, ol al leono mortinta.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Pour tous ceux qui vivent il y a de l’espérance; et même un chien vivant vaut mieux qu’un lion mort.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn bei allen Lebendigen ist, was man wünscht: Hoffnung; denn ein lebendiger Hund ist besser denn ein toter Löwe.

LXX2012 U. S. English

for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

British English Septuagint 2012

for who is he that has fellowship with all the living? there is hope of him: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Majority Standard BIble

There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Webster Bible

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

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Per chi è associato a tutti gli altri viventi c’è speranza; perché un cane vivo val meglio d’un leone morto.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Tant qu'un homme est compté parmi les vivants, il y a de l'espérance ; car un chien vivant vaut mieux qu'un lion mort.

Reina Valera 1909

Aun hay esperanza para todo aquél que está entre los vivos; porque mejor es perro vivo que león muerto.

Spanish BLL

Pero mientras uno está entre los vivos, hay esperanza; ¡vale más perro vivo que león muerto!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Aún hay esperanza para todo aquel que está entre los vivos; porque mejor es perro vivo que león muerto.

Croatian Bible

Jer onaj tko je među živima, ima nade: i živ pas više vrijedi nego mrtav lav.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer ko će biti izabran? U živih svih ima nadanja; i psu živom bolje je nego mrtvom lavu.

German Textbibel

Denn, wenn einer allen Lebendigen zugesellt wird, da ist noch Hoffnung; denn ein lebendiger Hund ist besser als ein toter Löwe.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For who is he that has fellowship with all the living? There is hope of him: For a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּי־מִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יבחר אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּח֑וֹן כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא ט֔וֹב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃

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.

World English Bible (Catholic)

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

World English Bible British Edition

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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

World English Bible Classic

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

World English Bible Updated

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

World Messianic Bible

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι τίς ὃς κοινωνεῖ πρός πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας; ἔστιν ἐλπίς, ὅτι ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν, αὐτὸς ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι τίς ὃς κοινωνεῖ πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ζῶντας; ἔστιν ἐλπὶς, ὅτι ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν αὐτὸς ἀγαθὸς ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν·

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кэч чине есте скутит? Орьчине трэеште тот май траӂе нэдежде, кэч ун кыне виу фаче май мулт декыт ун леу морт.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Поки людина в живих, має ще надїю; тим, що живому собацї лучше, нїж мертвому леву;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Поки людина в живих, має ще надїю; тим, що живому собацї лучше, нїж мертвому леву;

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Јер ко ће бити изабран? У живих свих има надања; и псу живом боље је него мртвом лаву.

Russian Synodal Bible

Кто находится между живыми, тому есть еще надежда, так как и псу живому лучше, нежели мертвому льву.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּי־מִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר *יִבָּחֵר (יְחֻבַּ֔ר) אֶ֥ל כָּל־הַחַיִּ֖ים יֵ֣שׁ בִּטָּחֹ֑ון כִּֽי־לְכֶ֤לֶב חַי֙ ה֣וּא טֹ֔וב מִן־הָאַרְיֵ֖ה הַמֵּֽת׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כי מי אשר יבחר אל כל החיים יש בטחון כי לכלב חי הוא טוב מן האריה המת׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لِأَنَّهُ مَنْ يُسْتَثْنَى؟ لِكُلِّ ٱلْأَحْيَاءِ يُوجَدُ رَجَاءٌ، فَإِنَّ ٱلْكَلْبَ ٱلْحَيَّ خَيْرٌ مِنَ ٱلْأَسَدِ ٱلْمَيْتِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

زیرا برای آنکه با تمامی زندگان می‌پیوندد، امیدهست چونکه سگ زنده از شیر مرده بهتر است.

Judson Burmese Bible

အသက်ရှင် သော လူစုအပေါင်း နှင့် ဆိုင် သေး သောသူသည် မြော်လင့် စရာရှိ ၏။ အသက်ရှင် သောခွေး သည် သေ သောခြင်္သေ့ ထက် သာ၍ကောင်းမြတ် ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

모든 산 자 중에 참예한 자가 소망이 있음은 산 개가 죽은 사자보다 나음이니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

生きている者の列に加わっている限り、希望がある。生きている犬は、死んだ獅子にまさる。

World Chinese Bible

凡与一切活人相连的，就有希望；因为活着的狗胜过死了的狮子。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

与一切活人相连的，那人还有指望，因为活着的狗比死了的狮子更强。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

與一切活人相連的，那人還有指望，因為活着的狗比死了的獅子更強。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Porque para aquele que está junto a todos os vivos há esperança (pois melhor é um cão vivo do que um leão morto).

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Mashi Bible

Bulya nêci ôciri omu buzîne erhi analangâlire, n’akabwa kazîne ko kakulu oku ntale efîre.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Denn für jeden Lebendigen, wer er auch sei, ist noch Hoffnung (denn ein lebendiger Hund ist besser als ein toter Löwe);

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Para el que está unido a todos los que viven allí, hay esperanza; Un perro vivo es mejor que un león muerto.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Pero hay esperanza para todo el que está entre los vivos, pues mejor es perro vivo que león muerto.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

For to him that is joined to all the living there is bitachon; for a kelev chai (living dog) is better than an aryeh hamet (dead lion).

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