Ecclesiastes 9:5

American Standard Version (1901)

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

ASV Byzantine Text

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they anymore a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Asang Khongca Bible

Kami mah kai loe ka dueh tih, tiah panoek; toe dueh kami loe tidoeh panoek ai, tangqum hnuk han tawn o ai; panoekhaih doeh anghmat boih boeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Aka hing rhoek long tah a duek uh ham te a ming dae a duek long tah pakhat khaw a ming uh moenih. Amih ham thapang khaw ming voel pawt tih amih poekkoepnah khaw a hnilh uh coeng.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Aka hing rhoek long tah a duek uh ham te a ming dae a duek long tah pakhat khaw a ming uh moenih. Amih ham thapang khaw ming voel pawt tih amih poekkoepnah khaw a hnilh uh coeng.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

No ka mea, ua ike ka poe ola e make auanei lakou; aka, o ka poe make, aole lakou i ike i kekahi mea, aole he uku i koe ia lakou; no ka mea, ua nalowale ko lakou mea i hoomanaoia'i.

English Berean Standard 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.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Wi. Moun vivan yo konnen yo gen pou yo mouri. Men moun mouri yo pa konn anyen. Yo pa bezwen tann anyen ankò pou sa yo fè. Talè konsa tout moun bliye yo.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Viventes enim sciunt se esse morituros; mortui vero nihil noverunt amplius, nec habent ultra mercedem, quia oblivioni tradita est memoria eorum.

Bible in Basic English

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.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car les vivants savent qu’ils mourront ; mais les morts ne savent rien du tout ; et il n’y a plus pour eux de salaire, car leur mémoire est oubliée.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebo živí vědí, že umříti mají, mrtví pak nevědí nic, aniž více mají odplaty, proto že v zapomenutí přišla památka jejich.

Kosraean Bible

Aok, mwet moul etu lah elos ac misa, a mwet misa wangin ma elos etu. Wangin mwe usru elos ac sifil eis. Mulkinyukla na pwaye elos.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois os vivos sabem que morrerão, mas os mortos não sabem de nada, nem têm mais nenhuma recompensa; pois a memória deles foi esquecida.

Romanian BTF Bible

Pentru că toți cei vii știu că vor muri, dar morții nu știu nimic, nici nu mai au vreo răsplată, fiindcă amintirea lor este uitată.

Brenton English Septuagint

For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

Burmese Common Language Bible

အသက်ရှင်သောသူသည် မိမိသေရမည်ကို သိ၏။ သေသောသူမူကား၊ အဘယ်အရာကိုမျှမသိ။ အကျိုးအပြစ်ကိုလည်းမခံရ။ သူ့ကိုလည်း မေ့လျော့တတ် ကြ၏။

Darby Translation

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn die Lebenden wissen, daß sie sterben werden; die Toten aber wissen gar nichts, und sie haben keinen Lohn mehr, denn ihr Gedächtnis ist vergessen.

Dutch Bible 1917

Want de levenden weten, dat zij sterven zullen, maar de doden weten niet met al; zij hebben ook geen loon meer, maar hun gedachtenis is vergeten.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

De levenden weten tenminste nog, dat zij eens zullen sterven, Maar de doden weten helemaal niets. Voor hen bestaat er geen loon, Want hun aandenken wordt vergeten;

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè i viventi sanno che morranno; ma i morti non sanno nulla , e non vi è più alcun premio per loro; perciocchè la lor memoria è dimenticata.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the liuing knowe that they shall dye, but the dead knowe nothing at all: neither haue they any more a rewarde: for their remembrance is forgotten.

Noyes Bible

For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not any thing, and there is no more to them any advantage, for their memory is forgotten.

Danish Bible 1931

Thi de levende ved dog, at de skal dø, men de døde ved ingenting, og Løn har de ikke mere i Vente; thi Mindet om dem slettes ud.

Leeser Tanakh

For the living know that they will die; but the dead know not the least; nor have they longer any reward; for their memory is forgotten.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Kẻ sống biết mình sẽ chết; nhưng kẻ chết chẳng biết chi hết, chẳng được phần thưởng gì hết; vì sự kỷ niệm họ đã bị quên đi.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

He ʻoku ʻilo ʻe he kakai moʻui te nau mate: ka ʻoku ʻikai siʻi ʻilo ha meʻa ʻe he mate, pea ʻoku ʻikai te nau kei maʻu ha totongi: he kuo ngalo ʻa honau fakamanatu.

French Ostervald Bible

Les vivants, en effet, savent qu'ils mourront, mais les morts ne savent rien; il n'y a plus pour eux de récompense, car leur mémoire est mise en oubli.

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar la vivantoj scias, ke ili mortos; kaj la mortintoj scias nenion, kaj por ili jam ne ekzistas rekompenco, ĉar la memoro pri ili estas forgesita.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Les vivants, en effet, savent qu’ils mourront; mais les morts ne savent rien, et il n’y a pour eux plus de salaire, puisque leur mémoire est oubliée.

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn die Lebendigen wissen, daß sie sterben werden; die Toten aber wissen nichts, sie haben auch keinen Lohn mehr, denn ihr Gedächtnis ist vergessen,

LXX2012 U. S. English

For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

British English Septuagint 2012

For the living will know that they shall die: but the dead know nothing, and there is no longer any reward to them; for their memory is lost.

Majority Standard 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.

Webster 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.

Revised Version

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.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Difatti, i viventi sanno che morranno; ma i morti non sanno nulla, e non v’è più per essi alcun salario; poiché la loro memoria è dimenticata.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Les vivants, en effet, savent qu'ils mourront ; mais les morts ne savent rien. Il n'y a plus de récompense pour eux, car leur souvenir est oublié.

Reina Valera 1909

Porque los que viven saben que han de morir: mas los muertos nada saben, ni tienen más paga; porque su memoria es puesta en olvido.

Spanish BLL

Los que estamos vivos sabemos que vamos a morir, pero los muertos no saben nada ni esperan ya ninguna recompensa; han quedado en el olvido.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque los vivos saben que han de morir; pero los muertos nada saben, ni tienen más recompensa; porque su memoria es puesta en olvido.

Croatian Bible

Živi barem znaju da će umrijeti, a mrtvi ne znaju ništa niti imaju više nagrade, jer se zaboravlja i spomen na njih.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer živi znaju da će umreti, a mrtvi ne znaju ništa niti im ima plate, jer im se spomen zaboravio.

German Textbibel

Denn die Lebenden wissen, daß sie sterben werden, die Toten aber wissen gar nichts und haben weiter keinen Lohn, denn vergessen wird ihr Gedächtnis.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For the living will know that they shall die: But the dead know nothing, And there is no longer any reward to them; For their memory is lost.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יוֹדְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יוֹדְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־ע֤וֹד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃

World English Bible

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World English Bible (Catholic)

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World English Bible British Edition

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World English Bible Classic

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World English Bible Updated

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World Messianic Bible

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for their memory is forgotten.

Young's Literal Translation

For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι οἱ ζῶντες γνώσονται ὅτι ἀποθανοῦνται, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ οὐκ εἰσὶ γινώσκοντες οὐδέν· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἔτι μισθός, ὅτι ἐπελήσθη ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν·

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι οἱ ζῶντες γνώσονται ὅτι ἀποθανοῦνται, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ οὐκ εἰσὶ γινώσκοντες οὐδέν· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῖς ἔτι μισθὸς, ὅτι ἐπελήσθη ἡ μνήμη αὐτῶν.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Чей вий, ын адевэр, мэкар штиу кэ вор мури, дар чей морць ну штиу нимик ши ну май ау ничо рэсплатэ, фииндкэ пынэ ши помениря ли се уйтэ.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Бо живі знають, що помруть, а мертві нїчогісїнько не тямлять, і нема їм уже заплати, бо й память про них пішла в забуток;

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Бо живі знають, що помруть, а мертві нїчогісїнько не тямлять, і нема їм уже заплати, бо й память про них пішла в забуток;

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Јер живи знају да ће умрети, а мртви не знају ништа нити им има плате, јер им се спомен заборавио.

Russian Synodal Bible

Живые знают, что умрут, а мертвые ничего не знают, и уже нет им воздаяния, потому что и память о них предана забвению,

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּ֧י הַֽחַיִּ֛ים יֹודְעִ֖ים שֶׁיָּמֻ֑תוּ וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים אֵינָ֧ם יֹודְעִ֣ים מְא֗וּמָה וְאֵֽין־עֹ֤וד לָהֶם֙ שָׂכָ֔ר כִּ֥י נִשְׁכַּ֖ח זִכְרָֽם׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כי החיים יודעים שימתו והמתים אינם יודעים מאומה ואין עוד להם שכר כי נשכח זכרם׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لِأَنَّ ٱلْأَحْيَاءَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ سَيَمُوتُونَ، أَمَّا ٱلْمَوْتَى فَلَا يَعْلَمُونَ شَيْئًا، وَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَجْرٌ بَعْدُ لِأَنَّ ذِكْرَهُمْ نُسِيَ.

Old Persion Version Bible

زانرو که زندگان می‌دانند که باید بمیرند، امامردگان هیچ نمی دانند و برای ایشان دیگر اجرت نیست چونکه ذکر ایشان فراموش می‌شود.

Judson Burmese Bible

အသက်ရှင် သောသူသည် မိမိသေ ရမည်ကို သိ ၏။ သေ သောသူမူကား၊ အဘယ် အရာကိုမျှမ သိ။ အကျိုး အပြစ်ကိုလည်း မ ခံရ။ သူ့ ကိုလည်း မေ့လျော့ တတ် ကြ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

무릇 산 자는 죽을 줄을 알되 죽은 자는 아무 것도 모르며 다시는 상도 받지 못하는 것은 그 이름이 잊어버린 바 됨이라

Japanese Freedom Bible

生きている者は、自分が死ぬことを知っている。しかし、死者は何も知らず、もはや報いを受けることもない。彼らは記憶からも消える。

World Chinese Bible

活着的人知道自己必死；死人却什么都不知道，也不再有赏报，因为他们的记忆被遗忘了。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

活着的人知道必死；死了的人毫无所知，也不再得赏赐；他们的名无人记念。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

活着的人知道必死；死了的人毫無所知，也不再得賞賜；他們的名無人記念。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Porque os vivos sabem que vão morrer; mas os mortos não sabem coisa alguma, nem também tem mais recompensa; pois a lembrança deles já foi esquecida.

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Mashi Bible

Abazîne bamanyire ciru oku kufâ bafâ, abafîre bôhe barhamanyiri cici; barhacigwêrhi luhembo, bulyâla ntâye ocibakengîre.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

denn die Lebendigen wissen, daß sie sterben müssen; aber die Toten wissen gar nichts, und es wird ihnen auch keine Belohnung mehr zuteil; denn man denkt nicht mehr an sie.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Los vivos están conscientes de que la muerte les llegará, pero los muertos no tienen conciencia de nada, y ya no tienen una recompensa, porque no hay memoria de ellos.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Porque los vivos saben que van a morir, pero los muertos nada saben, ni tienen más recompensa, porque su memoria es puesta en el olvido.

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

For the living have da'as that they shall die; but the mesim do not have da'as of anything, neither have they any more a sachar, for the memory of them is forgotten.

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