Ecclesiastes 1:11

New International Reader's Version

No one remembers the people of long ago. Even those who haven’t been born yet won’t be remembered by those who will be born after them.

Cross References

Psalm 9:6

My enemies have been destroyed forever. You have leveled their cities to the ground. Even the memory of them is gone.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

There isn’t anything about which someone can say, “Look! Here’s something new.” It was already here long ago. It was here before we were.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Like a foolish person, a wise person won’t be remembered very long. The days have already come when both of them have been forgotten. Like a person who is foolish, a wise person must die too!

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I also saw sinful people being buried. They used to come and go from the place of worship. And others praised them in the city where they worshiped. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

People who are still alive know they’ll die. But those who have died don’t know anything. They don’t receive any more rewards. And even their name is forgotten.

Isaiah 42:9

What I said would happen has taken place. Now I announce new things to you. Before they even begin to happen, I announce them to you.”