Ecclesiastes 2:16

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¹⁶For of the wise as of the fool there is ^(A)no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. ^(B)How the wise dies just like the fool!

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Ecclesiastes 2:16

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¹⁶For 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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Ecclesiastes 9:5

English Standard Version

⁵For the living know that they will die, but ^(A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for ^(B)the memory of them is forgotten.

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Ecclesiastes 9:5

New International Version

⁵For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;^(A)
they have no further reward,
and even their name^(B) is forgotten.^(C)

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