Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there is no remembrance of the wise man 1 With the fool forever; 1 Forasmuch as now in the coming days 1 All things are forgotten: 1 And how shall the wise man die with the fool? 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

15And I said in my heart, 1 As the event of the fool is, 1 So shall it be to me, even to me; 1 And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? 1 I said moreover in my heart, 1 This is also vanity, 1 Because the fool speaks of his abundance. 1

17So I hated life; 1 Because the work that was wrought under the sun 1 Was evil before me: 1 For all is vanity and waywardness of spirit. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8And there arose up another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Psalms 49:10For all the wild beasts of the thicket are mine, 1 The cattle on the mountains, and oxen. 1

Psalms 103:16The trees of the plain shall be full of sap; 1 Even the cedars of Lebanon which he has planted. 1

Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no memorial to the first things; 1 Neither to the things that have been last 1 Shall their memorial be 1 With them that shall be at the last time. 1

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, 1 Since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life? 1

Malachi 3:16Thus spoke they that feared the Lord, every one to his neighbor: and the Lord gave heed, and hearkened, and he wrote a book of remembrance before him for them that feared the Lord and reverenced his name.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:13-17

Superiority of Wisdom to Folly. 12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. 13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. 14 The 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. 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more… Read the whole commentary →

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