Ecclesiastes 1:11

New English Translation

No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations.

Cross References

Psalm 9:6

The enemy’s cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Is there anything about which someone can say, “Look at this! It is new!”? It was already done long ago, before our time.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies – just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 8:10

Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears.

Isaiah 42:9

Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you.”