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 world, are utterly lost as to them. Forgotten — Even in those places where they had lived in great power and glory.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
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.