Ecclesiastes 9:4

But whoever is among ¹  the living ²  has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Anyone who is among the living has hope— even a live dog is better off than a dead lion!

For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.

There is hope only for the living. For as they say, "It is better to be a live dog than a dead lion!"

Still, anyone selected out for life has hope, for, as they say, "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.

But whoever is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

But for him who is joined to all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

But whoever is among ¹  the living ²  has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion.

¹ tn The consonantal text (Kethib) has “is chosen, selected.” The translation follows the marginal reading (Qere), “is joined.” See BDB 288 s.v. חָבַר Pu.

² tn Heb “all the living.”