Ecclesiastes 1:11

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

YLT

There is not a remembrance of former [generations]; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.

DBY

There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.

DRC

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.

GNV

There is no memorie of the former, neither shall there be a remembrance of the latter that shalbe, with them that shall come after.

JPS

There is no remembrance of them of former times; neither shall there be any remembrance of them of latter times that are to come, among those that shall come after.

LXXE

There is no memorial to the first things; neither to the things that have been last shall their memorial be with them that shall be at the last time.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אֵ֥ין זִכְר֖וֹן לָרִאשֹׁנִ֑ים וְגַ֨ם לָאַחֲרֹנִ֜ים שֶׁיִּהְי֗וּ לֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֤ה לָהֶם֙ זִכָּר֔וֹן עִ֥ם שֶׁיִּהְי֖וּ לָאַחֲרֹנָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἔστι μνήμη τοῖς πρώτοις, καί γε τοῖς ἐσχάτοις γενομένοις οὐκ ἔσται αὐτῶν μνήμη μετὰ τῶν γενησομένων εἰς τὴν ἐσχάτην.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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!
• Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
• 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 42:9Behold, the former things have happened, and now I declare new things. Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.”
• 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. Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that…

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