Ecclesiastes 2:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁶ For, just like the fool, there is no lasting remembrance of the wise,  since in the days to come both will be forgotten. How is it that the wise person dies just like the fool?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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)

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ 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 sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Exodus 1:6

Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation eventually died.

Exodus 1:8

A new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt.

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Ecclesiastes 1:11

There is no remembrance of those who   came before; and of those who will come after there will also be no remembrance by those who follow them.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

The wise person has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also knew that one fate comes to them both.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

So I said to myself, ‘What happens to the fool will also happen to me. Why then have I been overly wise? ’  And I said to myself that this is also futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

What advantage then does the wise person have over the fool?  What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?

Ecclesiastes 7:2

It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, since that is the end of all mankind, and the living should take it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 8:10

In such circumstances, I saw the wicked buried. They came and went from the holy place,  and they were praised  in the city where they did those things. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now a poor wise man was found in the city,  and he delivered the city by his wisdom.  Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:5

For the living know that they will die, but the dead don’t know anything. There is no longer a reward for them because the memory of them is forgotten.

Malachi 3:16

At that time those who feared the Lord spoke to one another. The Lord took notice and listened. So a book of remembrance  was written before him for those who feared the Lord and had high regard for his name.

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed for people to die once #– #and after this, judgement   #– #