Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10Is there a thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? It hath been already in the ages which were before us.

12I, the Preacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:16For 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?

Isaiah 41:22Let them bring them forward, and declare to us what shall happen: shew the former things, what they are, that we may give attention to them, and know the end of them; or let us hear things to come:

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 1:10-12

Change without Novelty. 9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. 10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. 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. Two things we are apt to take a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction in, and… Read the whole commentary →

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