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Ecclesiastes 1:11

Death and lossWisdom

9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.

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.

12 I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 2:16

    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.

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  • Psalms 9:6

    O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

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  • Ecclesiastes 9:5

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

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  • Isaiah 42:9

    Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.

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  • Isaiah 41:22–26

    Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.

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