Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 9:5
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5. know that they shall die —and may thereby be led "so to number their days, that they may apply their hearts to wisdom" ( Ecclesiastes 7:1-4 ; Psalms 90:12 ). dead know not anything —that is, so far as their bodily senses and worldly affairs are concerned ( Job 14:21 ; Isaiah 63:16 ); also, they know no door of repentance open to them, such as is to all on earth. neither . . . reward —no advantage from their worldly labors ( Ecclesiastes 2:18-22 ; Ecclesiastes 4:9 ). memory —not of the righteous ( Psalms 112:6 ; Malachi 3:16 ), but the wicked, who with all the pains to perpetuate their names ( Psalms 49:11 ) are soon "forgotten" ( Ecclesiastes 8:10 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"
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