Ecclesiastes 1:11

New American Bible - revised edition

There is no remembrance of past generations; nor will future generations be remembered by those who come after them. Twofold Introduction.

Cross References

Psalm 9:6

You rebuked the nations, you destroyed the wicked; their name you blotted out for all time.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Even the thing of which we say, “See, this is new!” has already existed in the ages that preceded us.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

The wise person will have no more abiding remembrance than the fool; for in days to come both will have been forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Meanwhile I saw the wicked buried. They would come and go from the holy place. But those were forgotten in the city who had acted justly. This also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they are to die, but the dead no longer know anything. There is no further recompense for them, because all memory of them is lost.

Isaiah 42:9

See, the earlier things have come to pass, new ones I now declare; Before they spring forth I announce them to you.