Ecclesiastes 1:11

New Living Translation

We don’t remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.

Cross References

Psalm 9:6

The enemy is finished, in endless ruins; the cities you uprooted are now forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 1:10

Sometimes people say, “Here is something new!” But actually it is old; nothing is ever truly new.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

For the wise and the foolish both die. The wise will not be remembered any longer than the fool. In the days to come, both will be forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

I have seen wicked people buried with honor. Yet they were the very ones who frequented the Temple and are now praised in the same city where they committed their crimes! This, too, is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

The living at least know they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, nor are they remembered.

Isaiah 42:9

Everything I prophesied has come true, and now I will prophesy again. I will tell you the future before it happens.”