Ecclesiastes 9:4
ਜਿਹੜਾ ਵੀ ਬੰਦਾ ਹਾਲੇ ਜਿਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਲਈ ਉਮੀਦ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕਿਉਂ ਜੋ ਜਿਉਂਦਾ ਕੁਤ੍ਤਾ ਮੁਰਦਾ ਸ਼ੇਰ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਬਿਹਤਰ ਹੈ।
| For | כִּי | kî | kee |
| to him | מִי֙ | miy | mee |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| joined is | יְבֻחַּ֔ר | yĕbuḥḥar | yeh-voo-HAHR |
| to | אֶ֥ל | ʾel | el |
| all | כָּל | kāl | kahl |
| the living | הַחַיִּ֖ים | haḥayyîm | ha-ha-YEEM |
| is there | יֵ֣שׁ | yēš | yaysh |
| hope: | בִּטָּח֑וֹן | biṭṭāḥôn | bee-ta-HONE |
| for | כִּֽי | kî | kee |
| a living | לְכֶ֤לֶב | lĕkeleb | leh-HEH-lev |
| dog | חַי֙ | ḥay | ha |
| better is | ה֣וּא | hûʾ | hoo |
| than | ט֔וֹב | ṭôb | tove |
| a dead | מִן | min | meen |
| lion. | הָאַרְיֵ֖ה | hāʾaryē | ha-ar-YAY |
| הַמֵּֽת׃ | hammēt | ha-MATE |