16For 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
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.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-16)Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having also put both together, here compares them one with another and passes a judgment upon them. I. He sets himself to consider both wisdom and folly. He had considered these before (Eccl. 1:17); but lest it should be thought he was then too quick in passing a judgment upon them, he h…
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