Ecclesiastes 2:16

That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

Young's Literal Translation

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, 'As it happeneth with the fool, it happeneth also with me, and why am I then more wise?' And I spake in my heart, that also this [is] vanity:

17And I have hated life, for sad to me [is] the work that hath been done under the sun, for the whole [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

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Cross References

Exodus 1:8And there riseth a new king over Egypt, who hath not known Joseph,

Psalms 49:10For he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.

Psalms 103:16For a wind hath passed over it, and it is not, And its place doth not discern it any more.

Ecclesiastes 1:11There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

Ecclesiastes 6:8For what advantage [is] to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

Malachi 3:16Then have those fearing Jehovah spoken one to another, And Jehovah doth attend and hear, And written is a book of memorial before Him Of those fearing Jehovah, And of those esteeming 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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