Ecclesiastes 9:5

Ecclesiastes 2:16; Ecclesiastes 7:2; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Hebrews 9:27; Isaiah 26:14; Isaiah 63:16; Job 14:21; Job 30:23; Job 7:8-10; Psalms 109:15; Psalms 6:5; Psalms 88:10; Psalms 88:11

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 9:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Ecclesiastes 8:12 , note; Ecclesiastes 8:14 , note. The living are conscious that there is a future before them: but the dead are unconscious...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 8:16 to Ecclesiastes 9:16 . Life's Riddle Baffles the Wisest Quest. The parenthesis in Ecclesiastes 8:16 b describes the ceasel...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the dead know not any thing. See and Compare Ecclesiastes 9:10 ; Psalms 6:5 ; Psalms 30:9 ; Psalms 31:17 ; Psalms 88:11 . Isaiah 38:18 ; Isai...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. T...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 forgotte...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Live Worthily While You May 1-3. The future is in God's hands. Good and bad alike must die.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The living know ] A conscious recognition of the inevitable is better than the oblivion which belongs to death. 7-10. Couple enjoyment and work.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FOURTH SECTION The Quest Achieved. The Chief Good Is To Be Found, Not In Wisdom, Nor In Pleasure, Nor In Devotion To Affairs And Its Rewards; Bu...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

The Chief Good not to be found in Wisdom : Ecclesiastes 8:16-17 ; Ecclesiastes 9:1-6 1. The Preacher commences this section by carefully defin...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In view of the evidences of the truth of the affirmation, "vanity... all is vanity," the preacher now turns to its effect on the mind of the man livi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the living know that they shall die ,.... Death is certain, it is the demerit of sin, the appointment of God and the time of it is fixed; it may...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For to him that is joined to all the living That continues with living men; there is hope He hath not only some comfort for the present, but also...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Consequences of Death; The Proper Enjoyment of Life. 4 For to him...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The living know that they shall die; whereby they are taught to improve life, whilst they have it, to their greatest comfort and advantage. The de...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 9 The Same Things Happen to All Whether They Be Righteous, Wise Or Sons of Men. And In The End All Die In The Same Way. So Let The Righteous...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. For the living know that they will die, but...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 9:2 . One event.] An equal chance or happening—the wisest and best having no special destiny (chap. Ecclesiastes 2...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 8:16-10 I. At the end of chap. viii. and the beginning of chap. ix., Koheleth points out that it is impossible for us to construct a...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 9:5 . The dead know not any thing. This is explained by the next phrase, the memory of them is forgotten. Elijah went up to heaven,...
The Biblical Illustrator

For the living know that they shall die. A funeral sermon I. Whence it is that the living attain the sure and infallible knowledge of their own...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 9:1-21 One fate happens to all, and the dead are cut off from all the feelings and interests of life in the upper w...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Human Destiny
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the living know that they shall die, the consciousness of their inevitable fate gives them at least so much superiority over the dead; but the d...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Die — Whereby they are taught to improve life. Any thing — Of the actions and events of this world. Reward — The fruit of their labours in this wor...

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.

Related Commentaries of Ecclesiastes 9:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ecclesiastes 9:5