Protestantism
English
¶For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living 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.
Surely whosoeuer is ioyned to all ye liuing, there is hope: for it is better to a liuing dog, then to a dead lyon.
Because to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a 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.
For him who is joined to all the living there is hope; 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.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For to him that is [still] among the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a 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.
Death Deprives Humans of Everything in Life
Whoever is joined1 to all the living has hope. After all, even a live dog is better than a dead lion!
- The Kethib reads “chosen,” but the Qere as well as all the versions and numerous medieval Hebrew manuscripts read “joined”
For one who is chosen to be among all the living, there is hope. For a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For whoever is chosen, to all those living, there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For who is there that is excepted? With all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a 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.
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
For, whosoever was united to all the living, for him, there was hope,—inasmuch as, a living dog, fared better than a 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.
In order to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
Catholicism
English
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.
There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.1
- 9:4This phrase, ‘qui huius rei habeat fiduciam,’ means that no one even thinks that he will live forever in this life. This is not to deny the resurrection, or eternal life. The sacred writer is here referring to an earthly life.(Conte)