Ecclesiastes 9:4 KJV

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

All men must die, Their portion as to this lifeThe most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful...

Job 14:7–12 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. …
Job 27:8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul?
Isaiah 38:18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.
Lamentations 3:21–22 This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. …
Luke 16:26–29 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. …

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For מִי mî מִי Interrogative
to him that is כִּי kî Conjunction אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative יֵשׁ yēš יֵשׁ Demonstrative
joined יְחֻבַּר yĕḥubbar חָבַר Verb · pual imperfect, third person masculine singular בָּחַר bâchar
to all the living אֶל ʾel Preposition כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הַחַיִּים haḥayyîm חַי Adjective · masculine plural · with the
there is hope בִּטָּחוֹן biṭṭāḥôn בִּטָּחוֹן Noun · masculine singular
for a living חַי ḥay חַי Adjective · masculine singular
dog כִּי kî Conjunction לְכֶלֶב lĕkeleb כֶּלֶב Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
is better הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular טוֹב ṭôb טוֹב Adjective · masculine singular
than a dead הַמֵּת hammēt מוּת Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular · with the
lion מִן min Preposition הָאַרְיֵה hāʾaryê אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular · with the

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