^{4 Ref} For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

^{5 Ref} For the living know that they will die, but the dead don't know anything, neither do they have any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

^{6 Ref} Also their love, their hatred, and their envy has perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion forever in anything that is done under the sun.