Ecclesiastes 2:16

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְר֧וֹן לֶחָכָ֛ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר הַיָּמִ֤ים הַבָּאִים֙ הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל׃

Transliteration

Because not zikrôn to ḥākām with-the-kĕsîl to ʿôlām; in that already the-yāmîm the-bāʾîm the-all nishkāḥ and how yāmût the-ḥākām with-the-kĕsîl.

Grammar Details

*zikrôn*: masculine singular noun - remembrance/memory
*ḥākām*: masculine singular adjective with definite article - the wise person
*kĕsîl*: masculine singular adjective with definite article and prefixed preposition - with the fool
*ʿôlām*: masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition - forever
*yāmîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - the days
*bāʾîm*: Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the coming ones
*nishkāḥ*: Niphal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - is forgotten
*yāmût*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will die

Word Meanings

*zikrôn*: remembrance/memory/memorial
*ʿôlām*: forever/eternity/long duration
*bĕshekĕbār*: because already/since already
*hayyāmîm habbāʾîm*: the days to come/the coming days/future days
*hakkōl nishkāḥ*: everything is forgotten/all is forgotten
*yāmût heḥākām ʿim-hakkĕsîl*: the wise person dies with/like the fool

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Eccl 1:11 : 11 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.
Eccl 9:5 : 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.
Ps 88:12 : 12 Shall thy wonders be known{H8735)} in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Ps 103:16 : 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Eccl 2:14 : 14 The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
Eccl 6:8 : 8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Exod 1:6 : 6 And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Exod 1:8 : 8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
2 Sam 3:33 : 33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
Ps 49:10 : 10 For he seeth{H8799)} that wise men die{H8799)}, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish{H8799)}, and leave{H8804)} their wealth to others.
Mal 3:16 : 16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Heb 9:27 : 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Eccl 2:11-15
5 verses
84%
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
13Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
14The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Eccl 2:17-22
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81%
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
20Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
21For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
Eccl 6:8
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8For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Ps 49:10
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10For he seeth{H8799)} that wise men die{H8799)}, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish{H8799)}, and leave{H8804)} their wealth to others.
Eccl 1:11
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11There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.
Eccl 4:16
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16There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Eccl 9:5
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5For 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.
Eccl 8:16-17
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16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth:(for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Eccl 10:14
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14A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Eccl 6:11-12
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11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
Eccl 3:19-20
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19For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.
20All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Eccl 8:10
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10And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity.
Eccl 12:8
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8Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity.
Eccl 1:17-18
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17And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit.
18For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Eccl 7:4
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4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Eccl 9:15-16
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15Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
16Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Eccl 1:2-3
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74%
2Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Eccl 7:15
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15All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Eccl 11:8
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8But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity.
Eccl 6:6
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6Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?
Eccl 4:2-3
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2Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive.
3Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
Eccl 9:3
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3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Prov 17:16
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16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Eccl 9:1
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1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
Eccl 8:7
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7For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
Eccl 10:3
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3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Eccl 7:6
72%
6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
Eccl 2:2
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2I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
Eccl 9:13
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13This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:
Eccl 7:10
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10Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this.
1 Cor 3:20
72%
20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Eccl 5:16
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16And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?
Eccl 3:22
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22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Prov 26:12
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12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.