Ecclesiastes 9:5
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.This verse in the real world
In what words
- זֵכֶרzêkera memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
- שָׂכָרsâkârpayment of contract; concretely, salary, fare, maintenance; by implication, compensation,
- מְאוּמָהmᵉʼûwmâhproperly, a speck or point, i.e. (by implication) something; with negative, nothing
- חַיchayalive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially i
- מוּתmûwthto die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill
- יָדַעyâdaʻto know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figurativel
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 26:14, Ecc 1:11, Psa 6:5, Psa 88:10–12, Job 14:21, Heb 9:27, Psa 109:15, Ecc 2:16