Ecc 9:4 | CPDV | STEP | There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:4

4 There is no one who lives forever, or who even has confidence in this regard. A living dog is better than a dead lion. ^{▼▼9:4This phrase, ‘qui huius rei habeat fiduciam,’ means that no one even thinks that he will live forever in this life. This is not to deny the resurrection, or eternal life. The sacred writer is here referring to an earthly life.(Conte)}