Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Ecclesiastes 9:4

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Ecclesiastes9:4

4. For--rather, "Nevertheless." English Version rightly reads as the Margin, Hebrew, "that is joined," instead of the text, "who is to be chosen?"

hope--not of mere temporal good (Job 14:7); but of yet repenting and being saved.

dog--metaphor for the vilest persons (1Sa 24:14).

lion--the noblest of animals (Pr 30:30).

better--as to hope of salvation; the noblest who die unconverted have no hope; the vilest, so long as they have life, have hope.

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