Ecclesiastes 1:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.”
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“There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There is no remembrance of the former generations; neither shall there be any remembrance of the latter generations that are to come, among those that shall come after.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“There is not a remembrance of former <FI>generations<Fi> ; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ecclesiastes 1:11 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.
- Isaiah 41:22“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
- Isaiah 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
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