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Ecclesiastes 2:16

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← Ecclesiastes 2:15	Ecclesiastes 2:16 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 2:17 →
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also [is] vanity.	For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool.	Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun [is] grievous unto me: for all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For there is no remembrance^H2146 of the wise^H2450 more than^H5973 of the fool^H3684 for ever^H5769; seeing that which now^H3528 is in the days^H3117 to come^H935 shall all be forgotten^H7911. And how dieth^H4191 the wise^H2450 man? as the fool^H3684.

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Original Hebrew

כִּי אֵין זִכְרֹון לֶחָכָם עִם־הַכְּסִיל לְעֹולָם בְּשֶׁכְּבָר הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים הַכֹּל נִשְׁכָּח וְאֵיךְ יָמוּת הֶחָכָם עִם־הַכְּסִיל׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּי֩	ki	H3588	HC	for
אֵ֨ין	'ein	H369	HTn	there not
זִכְר֧וֹן	zikh.Ron	H2146	HNcmsc	(is) remembrance
לֶ/חָכָ֛ם	le./cha.Kham	H2450	HRd/Aamsa	of the/ wise man
עִֽם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
הַ/כְּסִ֖יל	ha./ke.Sil	H3684	HTd/Aamsa	the/ fool
לְ/עוֹלָ֑ם	le./'o.Lam	H5769	HR/Ncmsa	for/ a long time
בְּ/שֶׁ/כְּבָ֞ר	be./she./ke.Var	H3528	HR/Tr/D	in/ that/ already
הַ/יָּמִ֤ים	hai./ya.Mim	H3117	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ days
הַ/בָּאִים֙	ha./ba.'Im	H935	HTd/Vqrmpa	(the)/ coming
הַ/כֹּ֣ל	ha./Kol	H3605	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ everything
נִשְׁכָּ֔ח	nish.Kach	H7911	HVNp3ms	it has been forgotten
וְ/אֵ֛יךְ	ve./'Eikh	H349	HC/Ti	and/ how!
יָמ֥וּת	ya.Mut	H4191	HVqi3ms	he will die
הֶ/חָכָ֖ם	he./cha.Kham	H2450	HTd/Aamsa	the/ wise (person)
עִֽם	'im-	H5973	HR	with
הַ/כְּסִֽיל	ha./ke.Sil	H3684	HTd/Aamsa	the/ fool

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H935 — בּוֹא (bôwʼ, bo): a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications); abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat, [phrase] employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, [phrase] follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, [phrase] have, [idiom] indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, [idiom] (well) stricken (in age), [idiom] surely, take (in), way.
• H2146 — זִכְרוֹן (zikrôwn, zik-rone'): from זָכַר; a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing); memorial, record.
• H2450 — חָכָם (châkâm, khaw-kawm'): from חָכַם; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful); cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
• H3117 — יוֹם (yôwm, yome): from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb); age, [phrase] always, [phrase] chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), [phrase] elder, [idiom] end, [phrase] evening, [phrase] (for) ever(-lasting, -more), [idiom] full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, [phrase] old, [phrase] outlived, [phrase] perpetually, presently, [phrase] remaineth, [idiom] required, season, [idiom] since, space, then, (process of) time, [phrase] as at other times, [phrase] in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), [idiom] whole ([phrase] age), (full) year(-ly), [phrase] younger.
• H3528 — כְּבָר (kᵉbâr, keb-awr'): from כָּבַר; properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto; already, (seeing that which), now.
• H3684 — כְּסִיל (kᵉçîyl, kes-eel'): from כָּסַל; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly; fool(-ish).
• H4191 — מוּת (mûwth, mooth): a primitive root; to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill; [idiom] at all, [idiom] crying, (be) dead (body, man, one), (put to, worthy of) death, destroy(-er), (cause to, be like to, must) die, kill, necro(-mancer), [idiom] must needs, slay, [idiom] surely, [idiom] very suddenly, [idiom] in (no) wise.
• H5769 — עוֹלָם (ʻôwlâm, o-lawm'): or עֹלָם; from עָלַם; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always; alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-)) ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world ([phrase] without end). Compare נֶצַח, עַד.
• H5973 — עִם (ʻim, eem): from עָמַם; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English); accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).
• H7911 — שָׁכַח (shâkach, shaw-kakh'): or שָׁכֵחַ; a primitive root; to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention; [idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H349 — אֵיךְ (ʼêyk, ake): also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from אַי; how? or how!; also where; how, what.
• H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
• H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• how — 2 Samuel 3:33, Psalms 49:10, Ecclesiastes 6:8, Hebrews 9:27
• there is — Exodus 1:6, Exodus 1:8, Psalms 88:12, Psalms 103:16, Ecclesiastes 1:11, Malachi 3:16

Reciprocal references (6): Psalms 73:4, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Isaiah 14:10, 1 Corinthians 15:55

Related Topics

• Nave’s: DEATH, WISDOM

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