Ecclesiastes 9:5

English Standard Version

5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. (Job 14:21; Ps 31:12; Ps 88:5; Ps 88:12; Ec 1:11; Ec 8:10; Isa 26:14) 

New International Version

5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their name is forgotten. 

New International Reader’s Version

5 People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten. 

King James Version

5 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. 

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