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Ecclesiastes 1:11

Death and lossWisdom

9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

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BSB
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
KJV
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.
WEB
There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
ASV
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.
DARBY
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
BLB
There is no remembrance of the former [things], and of the latter [things] that will come to be, there will be no remembrance of them with those who come to be after [them].
ÅB
Det er ingen som minnes dem som har levd før, og heller ikke vil de som siden skal komme, leve i minnet hos dem som kommer etter.
OTB
Det er ingen erindring om tidligere ting, og det vil heller ikke være noen erindring om senere ting blant dem som kommer etter.
B1930
Det er ingen som minnes dem som har levd før, og heller ikke vil de som siden skal komme, leve i minnet hos dem som kommer efter.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    For 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!

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  • Psalms 9:6

    The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

    For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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  • Isaiah 42:9

    Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”

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  • Isaiah 41:22–26

    “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.

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