Ecclesiastes 2:16

For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

Geneva Bible 1599

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

15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.

17Therefore I hated life: for the worke that is wrought vnder the sunne is grieuous vnto me: for all is vanitie, and vexation of the spirit.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8Then there rose vp a newe King in Egypt, who knewe not Ioseph.

Psalms 49:10For he seeth that wise men die, and also that the ignorant and foolish perish, and leaue their riches for others.

Psalms 103:16For the winde goeth ouer it, and it is gone, and the place thereof shall knowe it no more.

Ecclesiastes 1:11There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what hath the wise man more then the foole? what hath the poore that knoweth how to walke before the liuing?

Malachi 3:16Then spake they that feared the Lord, euery one to his neighbour, and the Lord hearkened and heard it, and a booke of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought vpon 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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