New Living Translation
There is hope only for the living. As they say, “It’s better to be a live dog than a dead lion!”

American Standard Version
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Berean Study Bible
There is hope, however, for anyone who is among the living; for even a live dog is better than a dead lion.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no man that liveth always, or that hopeth for this: a living dog is better than a dead lion.

English Revised Version
For to him that is joined with all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

King James Bible
For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

World English Bible
For to him who is joined with all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

Young's Literal Translation
But to him who is joined unto all the living there is confidence, for to a living dog it is better than to the dead lion.

Ecclesiastes 9:4 Additional Translations ...