11 There is (A)no remembrance of [a]earlier things;
And also of the [b]later things which will occur,
There will be for them no remembrance
Among those who will come [c]later still.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit first or former
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter or after
  3. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Lit latter or after

16 For there is (A)no [a]lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And (B)how the wise man and the fool alike die!

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Lit forever

For the living know they will die; but the dead (A)do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their (B)memory is forgotten.

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15 But there was found in it a (A)poor wise man and he [a]delivered the city (B)by his wisdom. Yet (C)no one remembered that poor man.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:15 Or might have delivered