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Ecclesiastes 2:16

American Standard Version

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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Ecclesiastes 2:16 in other translations

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Ecclesiastes 2:16 · World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:16 in context

  1. 14The 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.
  2. 15Then 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.
  3. 16For 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!
  4. 17So I hated life, because the work that is wrought under the sun was grievous unto me; for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
  5. 18And I hated all my labor wherein I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.