Ecclesiastes 9:5 Hebrew Word Analysis

0		כִּ֧י	h3588
1	For the living	הַֽחַיִּ֛ים	h2416
6	know	יוֹדְעִ֣ים	h3045
4	but the dead	וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים	h4191
4	but the dead	וְהַמֵּתִ֞ים	h4191
5		אֵינָ֧ם	h369
6	know	יוֹדְעִ֣ים	h3045
7	not any thing	מְא֗וּמָה	h3972
8		וְאֵֽין	h369
9		ע֤וֹד	h5750
10		לָהֶם֙	h0
11	neither have they any more a reward	שָׂכָ֔ר	h7939
12		כִּ֥י	h3588
13	of them is forgotten	נִשְׁכַּ֖ח	h7911
14	for the memory	זִכְרָֽם׃	h2143

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Darby English Bible (DBY)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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.