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.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThere 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.
There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
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.
There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).