Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 9:5
American Standard Version
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
Amplified® Bible
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; and they have no more reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten.
Contemporary English Version
We know that we will die, but the dead don't know a thing. Nothing good will happen to them--they are gone and forgotten.
Darby English Version
For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward, for the memory of them is forgotten.
Good News Bible
Yes, the living know they are going to die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward; they are completely forgotten.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.
New International Version
For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;
they have no further reward,
and even the memory of them is forgotten.
New King James Version
For the living know that they will die;
But the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For the memory of them is forgotten.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for people do not remember them.
Revised Standard Version
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward; but the memory of them is lost.
Young's Literal Translation
For the living know that they die, and the dead know not anything, and there is no more to them a reward, for their remembrance hath been forgotten.