Ecclesiastes 9:5 meaning and explanation

For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:5, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher has just said that a live dog is better than a dead lion, and here he explains why. The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing.

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