Ecclesiastes 2:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.

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  • Eccl 1:11 : 11 The thinge yt is past, is out of remebraunce: Eue so the thiges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpo amoge the that come after.
  • Eccl 9:5 : 5 for they that be lyuynge, knowe yt they shall dye: but they yt be deed, knowe nothinge, nether deserue they eny more. For their memoriall is forgotte,
  • Ps 88:12 : 12 Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke, or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotte?
  • Ps 103:16 : 16 For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it, it gone, and the place therof knoweth it nomore.
  • Eccl 2:14 : 14 For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.
  • Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?
  • Exod 1:6 : 6 Now wha Ioseph was deed, and all his brethren, and all they that lyued at that tyme,
  • Exod 1:8 : 8 The came there a new kynge ouer Egipte, which knewe nothinge of Ioseph,
  • 2 Sam 3:33 : 33 And the kynge mourned for Abner, and sayde: Abner is not deed as a foole dyeth.
  • Ps 49:10 : 10 For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.
  • Mal 3:16 : 16 But they that feare God, saye thus one to another: The LORDE cosidreth and heareth it. Yee it is before him a memoriall boke written for soch as feare the LORDE, and remembre his name.
  • Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appoynted vnto me yt they shal once dye, and then cometh the iudgmet: Eue

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  • Eccl 2:11-15
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    84%

    11But whan I considered all the workes yt my handes had wrought, and all the labours that I had taken therin: lo, all was but vanite and vexacion of mynde, & nothinge of eny value vnder ye Sonne.

    12Then turned I me to considre wy?dome, erroure and foolishnesse (for what is he amonge men, that might be compared to me ye kynge in soch workes?)

    13and I sawe, that wy?dome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

    14For a wyse man beareth his eyes aboute in his heade, but the foole goeth in the darknesse. I perceaued also that they both had one ende.

    15Then thought I in my mynde: Yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me, what nedeth me then to laboure eny more for wy?dome? So I confessed within my harte, that this also was but vanite.

  • Eccl 2:17-22
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    81%

    17Thus begane I to be weery of my life, in so moch that I coude awaye with nothinge that is done vnder the Sonne, for all was but vanite & vexacion of mynde:

    18Yee I was weery of all my laboure, which I had taken vnder the Sonne, because I shulde be fayne to leaue them vnto another man, that cometh after me:

    19for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

    20So I turned me to refrayne my mynde from all soch trauayle, as I toke vnder the Sonne:

    21for so moch as a man shulde weery him self with wy?dome, with vnderstondinge and opportunite, and yet be fayne to leaue his labours vnto another, yt neuer swett for them. This is also a vayne thinge and a greate misery.

    22For what getteth a ma of all ye labor & trauayle of his mynde, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne,

  • Eccl 6:8
    81%

    8For what hath the wyse more then the foole? What helpeth it the poore, that he knoweth to walke before the lyuynge?

  • Ps 49:10
    81%

    10For it shal be sene, yt soch wyse me shal dye & perishe together, as well as the ignoraunt and foolish, & leaue their goodes for other.

  • Eccl 1:11
    79%

    11The thinge yt is past, is out of remebraunce: Eue so the thiges that are for to come, shal no more be thought vpo amoge the that come after.

  • Eccl 4:16
    78%

    16As for the people that haue bene before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde.

  • Eccl 9:5
    77%

    5for they that be lyuynge, knowe yt they shall dye: but they yt be deed, knowe nothinge, nether deserue they eny more. For their memoriall is forgotte,

  • Eccl 8:16-17
    2 verses
    76%

    16When I applied my mynde to lerne wy?dome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde (and that of soch a fashion, yt I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night)

    17I vnderstode of all ye workes of God, that it is not possible for a man, to attayne vnto ye workes that are done vnder ye Sonne: and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out, yet can he not reach vnto the: yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them, yet might he not fynde them.

  • Eccl 10:14
    76%

    14A foole is so full of wordes, that a man can not tell what ende he wyll make: who wyl then warne him to make a conclucion?

  • Eccl 6:11-12
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    76%

    11A vayne thinge is it to cast out many wordes, but what hath a man els?

    12For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 3:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite.

    20They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe.

  • Eccl 8:10
    75%

    10For I haue oft sene ye vngodly brought to their graues, and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place: in so moch yt they were forgotten in the cite, where they were had in so hye & greate reputacion. This is also a vayne thinge.

  • Eccl 12:8
    75%

    8All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
    2 verses
    74%

    17for there vnto I applyed my mynde: yt I might knowe what were wy?dome & vnderstodinge, what were error & foolishnes. And I perceaued yt this also was but a vexacion of mynde:

    18for where moch wy?dome is, there is also greate trauayle & disquietnes: & ye more knowlege a man hath, the more is his care.

  • Eccl 7:4
    74%

    4The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.

  • Eccl 9:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    15And in the cite there was founde a poore man (but he was wyse) which wt his wy?dome delyuered the cite: yet was there no body, yt had eny respecte vnto soch a symple man.

    16Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.

  • Eccl 1:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2All is but vanite (saieth ye preacher) all is but playne vanite.

    3For what els hath a ma, of all the labor yt he taketh vnder the Sonne?

  • Eccl 7:15
    74%

    15These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.

  • Eccl 11:8
    73%

    8Yf a man lyue many yeares, and be glad in them all, let him remembre the dayes of darcknesse, which shalbe many: & when they come, all thinges shalbe but vanite.

  • Eccl 6:6
    73%

    6Yee though he lyued two thousande yeares, yet hath he no good life. Come not all to one place?

  • Eccl 4:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Wherfore I iudged those that are deed, to be more happie then soch as be alyue:

    3yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.

  • Eccl 9:3
    73%

    3Amonge all thinges yt come to passe vnder the Sonne, this is a misery, that it happeneth vnto all alyke. This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse, & madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue, vntill they dye.

  • Prov 17:16
    73%

    16What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

  • Eccl 9:1
    73%

    1For all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out. The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God: and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him.

  • Eccl 8:7
    73%

    7And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come, for who wyll tell him?

  • Eccl 10:3
    72%

    3A dotinge foole thinketh, yt euery ma doth as foolishly as himself.

  • Eccl 7:6
    72%

    6For the laughinge of fooles is like ye crackynge of thornes vnder a pott. And yt is but a vayne thinge.

  • Eccl 2:2
    72%

    2in so moch that I sayde vnto laughter: thou art madd, and to myrth: what doest thou?

  • Eccl 9:13
    72%

    13This wi?dome haue I sene also vnder ye Sone, & me thought it a greate thinge.

  • Eccl 7:10
    72%

    10Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.

  • 1 Cor 3:20
    72%

    20And agayne: The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse, that they are vayne.

  • Eccl 5:16
    72%

    16This is a miserable plage, yt he shal go awaye euen as he came. What helpeth it him then, yt he hath labored in the wynde?

  • Eccl 3:22
    72%

    22Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

  • Prov 26:12
    71%

    12Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.