Ecclesiastes 1:11

New Century Version

People don’t remember what happened long ago, and in the future people will not remember what happens now. Even later, other people will not remember what was done before them.

Cross References

Psalm 9:6

The enemy is gone forever. You destroyed their cities; no one even remembers them.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Someone might say, “Look, this is new,” but really it has always been here. It was here before we were.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

The wise person and the fool will both die, and no one will remember either one for long. In the future, both will be forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I saw the funerals of evil people who used to go in and out of the holy place. They were honored in the same towns where they had done evil. This is useless, too.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living know they will die, but the dead know nothing. Dead people have no more reward, and people forget them.

Isaiah 42:9

The things I said would happen have happened, and now I tell you about new things. Before those things happen, I tell you about them.”