Cross Reference ECCLESIASTES 9:5 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

{Ecclesiastes 9:5} For x3588 the living 2416 know 3045 z8802 that they shall die: 4191 z8799 x7945 but the dead 4191 z8801 know 3045 z8802 not x369 any thing, 3972 neither x369 have they any more x5750 a reward; 7939 for x3588 the memory 2143 of them is forgotten. 7911 z8738

the living:
"[It is] betterª to go² °¹ to¹ the houseª of mourning,ª than to go² °¹ ¹ to¹ the houseª of feasting:ª forª that¹ [is] the endª of all¹ men;ª and the livingª will layª ° [it] to¹ his heart.ª" {Ecc 7:2} + "For¹ I knowª ° [that] thou wilt bringª ° me [to] death,ª and [to] the houseª appointedª for all¹ living.ª" {Job 30:23} + "Andª asª ª it is appointedª ° unto menª onceª to die,ª ° butª afterª thisª the judgment:ª" {Hbr 9:27}

the dead:
"His sonsª come to honour,ª ° and he knowethª ° [it] not;¹ and they are brought low,ª ° but he perceivethª ° [it] not¹ of them.¹" {Job 14:21} + "For¹ in deathª [there is] no¹ remembranceª of thee: in the graveª who¹ shall give thee thanks?ª °" {Psa 6:5} + "Wilt thou shewª ° wondersª to the dead?ª ° shall the deadª ariseª ° [and] praiseª ° thee? Selah.ª ... Shall thy lovingkindnessª be declaredª ° in the grave?ª [or] thy faithfulnessª in destruction?ª" {Psa 88:10-11} + "Doubtlessª thou¹ [art] our father,ª though¹ Abrahamª be ignorantª ª ° of us, and Israelª acknowledgeª ° us not:¹ thou,¹ O LORD,ª [art] our father,ª our redeemer;ª ° thy nameª [is] from everlasting.ª ¹" {Isa 63:16}

for the:
"For¹ [there is] no¹ remembranceª of the wiseª more thanª of the foolª for ever;ª seeing that which nowª ¹ [is] in the daysª to comeª ° shall all¹ be forgotten.ª ° And how¹ diethª ° the wiseª [man]? as¹ the fool.ª" {Ecc 2:16} + "And soª I sawª ° the wickedª buried,ª ° who had comeª ° and goneª ° from the placeª ¹ of the holy,ª and they were forgottenª ° in the cityª where¹ they had so¹ done:ª ° this¹ [is] also¹ vanity.ª" {Ecc 8:10} + "The eyeª of him that hath seenª me shall seeª ° me no¹ [more]: thine eyesª [are] upon me, and I [am] not.¹ ... He shall returnª ° no¹ more¹ to his house,ª neither¹ shall his placeª knowª ° him any more.¹" {Job 7:8-10} + "Let them be¹ before¹ the LORDª continually,ª that he may cut offª ° the memoryª of them from the earth.ª ¹" {Psa 109:15} + "[They are] dead,ª ° they shall not¹ live;ª ° [they are] deceased,ª they shall not¹ rise:ª ° therefore¹ hast thou visitedª ° and destroyedª ° them, and made all¹ their memoryª to perish.ª °" {Isa 26:14}