Ecclesiastes 2:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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!”
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“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!”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“That there is no remembrance to the wise--with the fool--to the age, for that which <FI>is<Fi> already, <FI>in<Fi> the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 2:16 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 1:6Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,
- Exodus 1:8Then a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 3:33And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
- Psalms 49:10For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
- Psalms 88:12Will Your wonders be known in the darkness, or Your righteousness in the land of oblivion?
- Psalms 103:16when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.
- Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
- Ecclesiastes 2:14The 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.
- Ecclesiastes 6:8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Malachi 3:16At 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.
- Hebrews 9:27Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,
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