Ecclesiastes 9:5
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 9
“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.”Ecclesiastes 9:5
What Does Ecclesiastes 9:5 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 9:5 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 9, verse 5 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 9:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Hebrews 9:27“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:”Isaiah 26:14“They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.”Ecclesiastes 1:11“There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.”Psalms 6:5“For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?”Ecclesiastes 9:10“Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.”Psalms 88:10“Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.”Job 14:21“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.”Psalms 109:15“Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.”Ecclesiastes 2:16“For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.”Psalms 89:48“What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.”Ecclesiastes 8:10“And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.”Isaiah 63:16“Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.”2 Samuel 14:14“For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him.”Job 7:8“The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.”Psalms 88:12“Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?”Ecclesiastes 7:2“It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.”Job 30:23“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”Luke 20:32“Last of all the woman died also.”1 Corinthians 15:55“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”Genesis 5:5“And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.”
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