Ecclesiastes 1:11
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.
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 connects to 6 cross-references. Qohelet the Preacher opens with the declaration 'Vanity of vanities! All is vanity' and surveys the relentless cycles of nature — sun rising and setting, rivers running to the sea — as evidence that there is nothing new under the …
Other Translations
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.
There is not a remembrance of former <FI>generations<Fi> ; and also of the latter that are, there is no remembrance of them with those that are at the last.
There is no memory of those who have gone before, and of those who come after there will be no memory for those who are still to come after them.
Cross References
O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with …
For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is …
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more …
Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, …
Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, …
Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell …