Ecclesiastes 1:11

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.

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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 any thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

12I the preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:16For 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 dieth the wise man ? as the fool.

Isaiah 41:22Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they are that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to 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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