This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.(A) The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live,(B) and afterward they join the dead.(C) Anyone who is among the living has hope[a]—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:4 Or What then is to be chosen? With all who live, there is hope

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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

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