Ecclesiastes 2:16 - American Standard Version 2015

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

For of the wise man, the same as of the fool, there is no permanent remembrance, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!

American Standard Version (1901)

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

Common English Bible

There is no eternal memory of the wise any more than the foolish, because everyone is forgotten before long. How can the wise die just like the fool?

Catholic Public Domain Version

For there will not be a remembrance in perpetuity of the wise, nor of the foolish. And the future times will cover everything together, with oblivion. The learned die in a manner similar to the unlearned.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

Ecclesiastes 2:16 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 3:33

And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?

Psalm 103:16

For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;\par\tab And the place thereof shall know it no more.

Psalm 49:10

For he shall see it.\par\tab Wise men die;\par\tab The fool and the brutish alike perish,\par\tab And leave their wealth to others.

Psalm 88:12

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?\par\tab And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Exodus 1:6

And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.

Exodus 1:8

Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way;\par\tab But the folly of fools is deceit.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of the former {\i generations}; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter {\i generations} that are to come, among those that shall come after.\par

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? {\i or} what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

So I saw the wicked buried, and they came {\i to the grave}; and they that had done right went away from the holy place, and were forgotten in the city: this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

Malachi 3:16

Then they that feared Jehovah spake one with another; and Jehovah hearkened, and heard, and a book of remembrance was written before him, for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.

Hebrews 9:27

And inasmuch as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this {\i cometh} judgment;