For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears. ¹ 

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

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.

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

The living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no more reward for the dead when the memory of them has faded.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

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.

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.

bibleoremus Ecc 9:5

The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.

True, the living know that they will die; but the dead know nothing. There is no more reward for them; all memory of them is forgotten.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

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.

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.

biblegateway Ecc 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears. ¹ 

¹ tn Heb “for their memory is forgotten.” The pronominal suffix is an objective genitive, “memory of them.”