Ecclesiastes Chapter 1 verse 11 Holy Bible
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.
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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.
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There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - There is no remembrance of former things; rather, of former men - per-sons who lived in former times. As things are considered novel only because they had been forgotten, so we men ourselves shall pass away, and be no more remembered. Bailey, 'Festus '- "Adversity, prosperity, the grave,Play a round game with friends. On some the worldHath shot its evil eye, and they are passelFrom honor and remembrance; and stareIs all the mention of their names receives;And people know no more of them than they knowThe shapes of clouds at midnight a year hence." Neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after; rather, and even of later generations that shall be there will be no remembrance of them with those that shall be in the after-time. Wright quotes Marcus Aurelius, who has much to say on this subject. Thus: cap. 2:17, "Posthumous fame is oblivion;" cap. 3:10, "Every man's life lies all within the present; for the past is spent and done with, and the future is uncertain;" cap. 4:33, "Those words which were formerly current and proper are now become obsolete and barbarous. Alas l this is not all: fame tarnishes in time, too, and men grow out of fashion as well as language. Those celebrated names of ancient story am antiquated; those of later date have the same fortune; and those of present celebrity must follow. I speak this of those who have been the wonder of their age, and shined with unusual luster; but as for the rest, they are no sooner dead than forgotten" (comp. Wisd. 2:4). (On the keen desire to live in the memory of posterity, see Ecclus. 37:26 Ecclus. 44:7, etc.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) If anything appears new, this is only because its previous occurrence has been forgotten. So likewise will those of this generation be forgotten by those who succeed them.
