11 There is no (A)remembrance of former things,[a]
    nor will there be any remembrance
of later things[b] yet to be
    among those who come after.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or former people
  2. Ecclesiastes 1:11 Or later people

11 No one remembers the former generations,(A)
    and even those yet to come
will not be remembered
    by those who follow them.(B)

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Those Who Fear God Will Do Well

10 Then I saw the wicked buried. They used to go in and out of (A)the holy place and were (B)praised[a] in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint, Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts forgotten
  2. Ecclesiastes 8:10 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also twice in verse 14 (see note on 1:2)

10 Then too, I saw the wicked buried(A)—those who used to come and go from the holy place and receive praise[a] in the city where they did this. This too is meaningless.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (Aquila); most Hebrew manuscripts and are forgotten

12 I have been (A)forgotten like one who is dead;
    I have become like (B)a broken vessel.

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12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;(A)
    I have become like broken pottery.

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like one set loose among the dead,
    like the slain that lie in the grave,
like those whom (A)you remember no more,
    for they are (B)cut off from your hand.

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I am set apart with the dead,
    like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
    who are cut off(A) from your care.

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12 Are your (A)wonders known in (B)the darkness,
    or your righteousness in the land of (C)forgetfulness?

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12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
    or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?

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14 They are dead, they will not live;
    they are shades, they will not arise;
to that end you have visited them with destruction
    and wiped out all remembrance of them.

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14 They are now dead,(A) they live no more;
    their spirits(B) do not rise.
You punished them and brought them to ruin;(C)
    you wiped out all memory of them.(D)

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