For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsFor to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.
But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).