16 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise, nor of the fool [a]forever: for that that now is, in the days to come, shall all be forgotten. And [b]how dieth the wise man, as doth the fool?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:16 Meaning, in this world.
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:16 He wondereth that men forget a wise man, being dead, as soon as they do a fool.

16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;(A)
    the days have already come when both have been forgotten.(B)
Like the fool, the wise too must die!(C)

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