Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned. there is Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end. Exodus 1:6,8 After he was dead, and all his brethren, and all that generation, . . . Psalm 88:12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark; and thy justice in the land of forgetfulness? Psalm 103:16 For the spirit shall pass in him, and he shall not be: and he shall know his place no more. Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the Lord, spoke every one with his neighbour: and the Lord gave ear, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that fear the Lord, and think on his name. how Ecclesiastes 6:8 What hath the wise man more than the fool? and what the poor man, but to go thither, where there is life? 2 Samuel 3:33 And the king mourning and lamenting over Abner, said: Not as cowards are wont to die, hath Abner died. Psalm 49:10 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers: Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, and after this the judgment: Context The Wise and the Foolish…15And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity. 16For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool forever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.17And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.… Cross References Psalm 49:10 He shall not see destruction, when he shall see the wise dying: the senseless and the fool shall perish together: And they shall leave their riches to strangers: Ecclesiastes 1:11 There is no remembrance of former things: nor indeed of those things which hereafter are to come, shall there be any remembrance with them that shall be in the latter end. Ecclesiastes 2:14 The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike. Ecclesiastes 2:15 And I said in my heart: If the death of the fool and mine shall be one, what doth it avail me, that I have applied myself more to the study of wisdom? And speaking with my own mind, I perceived that this also was vanity. Ecclesiastes 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting: for in that we are put in mind of the end of all, and the living thinketh what is to come. Ecclesiastes 8:10 I saw the wicked buried: who also when they were yet living were in the holy place, and were praised in the city as men of just works: but this also is vanity. Ecclesiastes 9:5 For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man. Lexicon Forכִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction there is no אֵ֨ין (’ên) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle lasting לְעוֹלָ֑ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always remembrance זִכְר֧וֹן (ziḵ·rō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2146: Memorial, remembrance of the wise, לֶחָכָ֛ם (le·ḥā·ḵām) Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise just as with עִֽם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with the fool, הַכְּסִ֖יל (hak·kə·sîl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool seeing that בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר (bə·šek·kə·ḇār) Preposition-b, Pronoun - relative | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 3528: Extent of time, a great while, long ago, formerly, hitherto both הַכֹּ֣ל (hak·kōl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every will be forgotten נִשְׁכָּ֔ח (niš·kāḥ) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention in the days הַיָּמִ֤ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day to come. הַבָּאִים֙ (hab·bā·’îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go Alas, וְאֵ֛יךְ (wə·’êḵ) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where the wise man הֶחָכָ֖ם (he·ḥā·ḵām) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2450: Wise will die יָמ֥וּת (yā·mūṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill just like עִֽם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5973: With, equally with the fool! הַכְּסִֽיל׃ (hak·kə·sîl) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool Additional Translations 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!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 dies the wise man? as the fool. 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! For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool? For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool? 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 already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool! 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. For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool! That there is no remembrance to the wise -- with the fool -- to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool! 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