Ecclesiastes 9:4

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope,.... That is, who is among the living, is one of them, and, as long as he is, there is hope, if his circumstances are mean, and he is poor and…

For to him - Rather: “Yet to him.” Notwithstanding evils, life has its advantage, and especially when compared with death. Dog - To the Hebrews a type of all that was contemptible 1Sa 17:43.

Solomon, in a fret, had praised the dead more than the living (Ecc 4:2); but here, considering the advantages of life to prepare for death and make sure the hope of a better life, he seems to be of…

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope A different and preferable punctuation gives the rendering: For who is specially chosen, i.e. who is excepted from the common lot of death. To…