Ecclesiastes 2:16
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
In other translations
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
Hebrew words
כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einthere notH369זִכְרוֹןzikhron[is] remembranceH2146לֶחָכָםlechakhamof the wise manH2450עִם־'im-withH5973הַכְּסִילhakesilthe foolH3684לְעוֹלָםle'olamfor a long timeH5769בְּשֶׁכְּבָרbeshekevarin that alreadyH3528הַיָּמִיםhaiyamimthe daysH3117הַבָּאִיםhaba'im<the> comingH935הַכֹּלhakol<the> everythingH3605נִשְׁכָּחnishkachit has been forgottenH7911וְאֵיךְve'eikhand how!H349יָמוּתyamuthe will dieH4191הֶחָכָםhechakhamthe wise [person]H2450עִם־'im-withH5973הַכְּסִיל׃hakesilthe foolH3684
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Related verses
- Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Hebrews 9:27And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
- Exodus 1:8Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
- Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
- Psalm 88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
- Psalm 103:16For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
- Exodus 1:6And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
- 2 Samuel 3:33And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
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