Ecclesiastes 2:16
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.
KJV
Non enim erit memoria sapientis similiter ut stulti in perpetuum, et futura tempora oblivione cuncta pariter operient : moritur doctus similiter ut indoctus.
Vulgate
ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν μνήμη τοῦ σοφοῦ μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καθότι ἤδη αἱ ἡμέραι ἐρχόμεναι τὰ πάντα ἐπελήσθη· καὶ πῶς ἀποθανεῖται ὁ σοφὸς μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος;
LXX
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
ASV
כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְר֧וֹן לֶ/חָכָ֛ם עִֽם הַ/כְּסִ֖יל לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם בְּ/שֶׁ/כְּבָ֞ר הַ/יָּמִ֤ים הַ/בָּאִים֙ הַ/כֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְ/אֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶ/חָכָ֖ם עִֽם הַ/כְּסִֽיל
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Eccl 1:11 — There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
- Eccl 1:11 — There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
- Eccl 8:10 — And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
- Eccl 9:5 — For 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.
- Eccl 9:5 — For 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.
- Exod 1:8 — Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
- Heb 9:27 — And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
- Mal 3:16 — Then 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 h
- Ps 73:4 — For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
- Ps 88:12 — Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?