Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

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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 of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, 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 of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Isaiah 41:22“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us 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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