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 dies the wise man? as the fool. Treasury of Scripture there is Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things... Exodus 1:6,8 And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation... Psalm 88:12 Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Psalm 103:16 For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it... how Ecclesiastes 6:8 For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, that knows to walk before the living? 2 Samuel 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies? Psalm 49:10 For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Context The Wise and the Foolish
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done. 13Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. 14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happens to them all. 15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16For 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 dies the wise man? as the fool. 17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
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!
Douay-Rheims Bible
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.
Darby Bible Translation
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
King James Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!
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