Ecclesiastes 2:16

American Standard Version (1901)

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

ASV Byzantine Text

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance forever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

Asang Khongca Bible

Vaihi kaom hmuennawk hae hmabangah loe pahnet boih ah om tih, to pongah palungha kami doeh kamthu baktiah ni pahnet o tih; palungha kami doeh kamthu baktiah ni dueh toeng tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Aka ang bangla aka cueih ham khaw kumhal duela poekkoepnah om mahpawh. Oepsoeh la khohnin aka pai boeih dongah a hnilh pawn ni. Aka cueih khaw aka ang bangla duek aya?

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Aka ang bangla aka cueih ham khaw kumhal duela poekkoepnah om mahpawh. Oepsoeh la khohnin aka pai boeih dongah a hnilh pawn ni. Aka cueih khaw aka ang bangla duek aya?

Hawaiian Bible 1868

A ma neia hope aku, aole i hoomanaoia ke kanaka naauao mamua o ka mea naaupo, no ka mea, o na mea e noho nei, i na la e hiki mai ana, e pau ia i ka hoopoinaia. A pehea ka make ana o ka mea naauao? Ua like no me ko ka mea naaupo.

English Berean Standard Bible

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Pesonn p'ap janm chonje moun ki gen konprann yo ni tou yo p'ap chonje moun sòt yo. Pi devan, n'ap bliye yo tout. Nou tout gen pou mouri, kit nou gen bon konprann kit nou sòt.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Non enim erit memoria sapientis similiter ut stulti in perpetuum, et futura tempora oblivione cuncta pariter operient: moritur doctus similiter ut indoctus.

Bible in Basic English

Of the wise man, as of the foolish man, there is no memory for ever, seeing that those who now are will have gone from memory in the days to come. See how death comes to the wise as to the foolish!

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Car jamais on ne se souviendra du sage, non plus que du fou, puisque déjà dans les jours qui viennent tout est oublié. Et comment le sage meurt-il comme le fou ?

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nebo není památka moudrého jako i blázna na věky, proto že to, což nyní jest, ve dnech budoucích všecko v zapomenutí přichází, a že jakož umírá moudrý, tak i blázen.

Kosraean Bible

Wangin mwet esam mwet lalmwetmet uh, ac wangin mwet esam mwet lalfon. In len fahsru uh, kut nukewa ac fah mulkinyukla. Kut nukewa ac fah misa, mwet lalmwetmet ac mwet lalfon oana sie.

World Portuguese Bible

Pois não haverá lembrança eterna nem do sábio nem do tolo, visto que nos dias vindouros tudo já terá sido esquecido. De fato, o sábio deve morrer exatamente como o tolo!

Romanian BTF Bible

Căci nu este amintire pentru totdeauna a înțeleptului mai mult decât a prostului; văzând că ceea ce este acum, în zilele ce vin vor fi toate uitate. Și cum moare înțeleptul? Ca și prostul.

Brenton English Septuagint

For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?

Burmese Common Language Bible

ယခုဖြစ်သမျှသော အမှုအရာတို့ကို နောင် ကာလ၌ မေ့လျော့လိမ့်မည်ဖြစ်၍၊ မိုက်သောသူသည် အစဉ်မအောက်မေ့သကဲ့သို့၊ ပညာရှိသောသူကိုလည်း အစဉ်မအောက်မေ့တတ်။ ပညာရှိသောသူသည် မိုက် သော သူသေသကဲ့သို့ သေတတ်ပါသည်တကား။

Darby Translation

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Denn dem Weisen, gleichwie dem Toren, wird kein ewiges Andenken zuteil, weil in den kommenden Tagen alles längst vergessen sein wird. Und wie stirbt der Weise gleich dem Toren hin!

Dutch Bible 1917

Want er zal in eeuwigheid niet meer gedachtenis van een wijze, dan van een dwaas zijn; aangezien hetgeen nu is, in de toekomende dagen altemaal vergeten wordt; en hoe sterft de wijze met den zot?

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Want de wijze blijft evenmin in herinnering als de dwaas, Op de duur raakt in de toekomst alles vergeten; Moet immers de wijze niet sterven juist als de dwaas?

Italian Diodati Bible

Perciocchè non vi sarà giammai più memoria del savio , come nè anche dello stolto; conciossiachè nei giorni vegnenti ogni cosa sarà già dimenticata. E come muore il savio così muore anche lo stolto.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

Geneva Bible 1599

For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?

Noyes Bible

For there is no remembrance of the wise man more than of the fool for ever; for in the days to come shall all have long been forgotten; and, alas! the wise man dieth, as well as the fool.

Danish Bible 1931

thi den vises Minde er lige så lidt evigt som Tåbens, fordi nu engang alt glemmes i kommende Dage; ak! den vise må dø så godt som Tåben.

Leeser Tanakh

For there is no recollection of the wise any more than of the fool for ever: seeing that which hath long ago been will, in the days that are coming, all be forgotten. And how doth the wise die equally with the fool!

JPS TaNaKH 1917

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will long ago have been forgotten. And how must the wise man die even as the fool!

King James Version

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vì người ta chẳng nhớ người khôn ngoan đến đời đời, cũng như chẳng nhớ kẻ ngu muội; vì trong ngày sau cả thảy đều bị quên mất từ lâu. Phải, người khôn ngoan chết cũng như kẻ điên cuồng?

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

He ʻoku ʻikai lahi hake ʻae fakamanatu ki he poto ʻi he manatu ki he vale ʻo taʻengata: koeʻuhi ko e meʻa ʻoku ai ni ʻe ngalo ia ʻi he ʻaho kimui. Pea ʻoku fēfē ʻae mate ʻae poto? ʻOku hangē pe ia ko e vale.

French Ostervald Bible

La mémoire du sage ne sera pas plus éternelle que celle de l'insensé; puisque, dans les jours à venir, tout sera depuis longtemps oublié. Comment le sage meurt-il de même que l'insensé?

Esperanto Bible

Ĉar pri la saĝulo ne restos memoro eterne tiel same, kiel pri la malsaĝulo; en la tempoj estontaj ĉio estos forgesita. Kaj ho ve, mortas saĝulo egale kiel malsaĝulo!

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Car la mémoire du sage n’est pas plus éternelle que celle de l’insensé, puisque déjà les jours qui suivent, tout est oublié. Eh quoi! Le sage meurt aussi bien que l’insensé!

German Luther Bible 1912

Denn man gedenkt des Weisen nicht immerdar, ebenso wenig wie des Narren, und die künftigen Tage vergessen alles; und wie der Narr stirbt, also auch der Weise.

LXX2012 U. S. English

For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?

British English Septuagint 2012

For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?

Majority Standard BIble

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

Webster Bible

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.

Revised Version

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

Italian Riveduta Bible

Poiché tanto del savio quanto dello stolto non rimane ricordo eterno; giacché, nei giorni a venire, tutto sarà da tempo dimenticato. Pur troppo il savio muore, al pari dello stolto!

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Car il n'y a pas de souvenir éternel du sage, pas plus que de l'insensé, puisque dans les jours à venir tout sera oublié depuis longtemps. Le sage meurt tout comme l'insensé !

Reina Valera 1909

Porque ni del sabio ni del necio habrá memoria para siempre; pues en los días venideros ya todo será olvidado, y también morirá el sabio como el necio.

Spanish BLL

Porque nadie se acordará para siempre ni del sabio ni del necio; con el tiempo, todo caerá en el olvido. ¡Tanto el sabio como el necio tienen que morir!

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Porque no hay memoria duradera ni del sabio ni del necio; en los días venideros todo será ya olvidado, y morirá el sabio lo mismo que el necio.

Croatian Bible

Jer trajna spomena nema ni mudru ni bezumniku: obojicu će poslije nekog vremena prekriti zaborav! I, jao, mudrac mora umrijeti kao i bezumnik.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Jer se neće spominjati mudrac kao ni bezumnik do veka; jer što sada jeste, sve se zaboravlja posle, i mudrac umire kao i bezumnik.

German Textbibel

Denn von dem Weisen bleibt so wenig ein dauerndes Andenken, wie von dem Thoren, da sie in den kommenden Tagen alle längst vergessen sind, und wie stirbt doch der Weise mit dem Thoren dahin!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

For there is no remembrance of the wise man With the fool forever; Forasmuch as now in the coming days All things are forgotten: And how shall the wise man die with the fool?

Hebrew OT (WLC)

כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְר֧וֹן לֶחָכָ֛ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר הַיָּמִ֤ים הַבָּאִים֙ הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל׃

World English Bible

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World English Bible (Catholic)

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World English Bible British Edition

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World English Bible Classic

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World English Bible Updated

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World Messianic Bible

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

World Messianic Bible British Edition

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Young's Literal Translation

That there is no remembrance to the wise — with the fool — to the age, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!

SEPTUAGINTA

ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ μνήμη τοῦ σοφοῦ μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καθότι ἤδη αἱ ἡμέραι ἐρχόμεναι τὰ πάντα ἐπελήσθη· καὶ πῶς ἀποθανεῖται ὁ σοφὸς μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος;

Brenton Septuagint

Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ μνήμη τοῦ σοφοῦ μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καθότι ἤδη αἱ ἡμέραι ἐρχόμεναι τὰ πάντα ἐπελήσθη· καὶ πῶς ἀποθανεῖται ὁ σοφὸς μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος;

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Кэч помениря ынцелептулуй ну есте май вешникэ декыт а небунулуй: кяр ын зилеле урмэтоаре, тотул есте уйтат. Ши апой ши ынцелептул моаре, ши небунул!

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Мудрого не будуть споминати вічно, так само як і дурного; в будущинї все забудесь, — і, о горе! мудрий вмірає так само, як і дурний.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Мудрого не будуть споминати вічно, так само як і дурного; в будущинї все забудесь, — і, о горе! мудрий вмірає так само, як і дурний.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Јер се неће спомињати мудрац као ни безумник до века; јер што сада јесте, све се заборавља после, и мудрац умире као и безумник.

Russian Synodal Bible

потому что мудрого не будут помнить вечно, как и глупого; в грядущие дни все будет забыто, и увы! мудрый умирает наравне с глупым.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְרֹ֧ון לֶחָכָ֛ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעֹולָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָ֞ר הַיָּמִ֤ים הַבָּאִים֙ הַכֹּ֣ל נִשְׁכָּ֔ח וְאֵ֛יךְ יָמ֥וּת הֶחָכָ֖ם עִֽם־הַכְּסִֽיל׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

כי אין זכרון לחכם עם הכסיל לעולם בשכבר הימים הבאים הכל נשכח ואיך ימות החכם עם הכסיל׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

لِأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ ذِكْرٌ لِلْحَكِيمِ وَلَا لِلْجَاهِلِ إِلَى ٱلْأَبَدِ. كَمَا مُنْذُ زَمَانٍ كَذَا ٱلْأَيَّامُ ٱلْآتِيَةُ: ٱلْكُلُّ يُنْسَى. وَكَيْفَ يَمُوتُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ كَٱلْجَاهِلِ!

Old Persion Version Bible

زیرا که هیچ ذکری از مردحکیم و مرد احمق تا به ابد نخواهد بود. چونکه در ایام آینده همه‌چیز بالتمام فراموش خواهدشد. و مرد حکیم چگونه می‌میرد آیا نه مثل احمق؟

Judson Burmese Bible

ယခု ဖြစ်သမျှသော အမှုအရာတို့ကို နောင် ကာလ ၌ မေ့လျော့လိမ့်မည်ဖြစ်၍၊ မိုက် သောသူသည် အစဉ် မ အောက်မေ့သကဲ့သို့၊ ပညာရှိ သောသူကိုလည်း အစဉ်မ အောက်မေ့ တတ်။ ပညာရှိ သောသူသည် မိုက် သောသူ သေသကဲ့သို့ သေ တတ်ပါသည်တကား။

Korean Bible 1910

지혜자나 우매자나 영원토록 기억함을 얻지 못하나니 후일에는 다 잊어버린지 오랠 것임이라 오호라, 지혜자의 죽음이 우매자의 죽음과 일반이로다

Japanese Freedom Bible

知恵ある者も愚かな者と同じく、いつまでも記憶されることはない。来るべき日々には、すべてが久しく忘れ去られる。実に、知恵ある者も愚かな者と同じように死ななければならない。

World Chinese Bible

因为智慧人和愚昧人一样，都不能永远被记念；在将来的日子，一切早已被遗忘。确实，智慧人也必须像愚昧人一样死去！

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

智慧人和愚昧人一样，永远无人记念，因为日后都被忘记；可叹智慧人死亡，与愚昧人无异。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

智慧人和愚昧人一樣，永遠無人記念，因為日後都被忘記；可歎智慧人死亡，與愚昧人無異。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Porque não haverá lembrança para sempre, nem do sábio, nem do tolo; porque de tudo quanto agora há, nos dias futuros será esquecido; e o sábio morre assim como o tolo.

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Mashi Bible

Bulyâla ntâye okengêrwa kasanzi, ôli omurhimanya, ôli omusirhe; erhi ensiku zinalondana nka kanga, erhi bamânayibagira bombi na bombi; omurhimanya kufà anafà aka omusirhe.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Denn des Weisen wird ebenso wenig ewiglich gedacht wie des Toren, weil in den künftigen Tagen längst alles vergessen sein wird; und wie stirbt doch der Weise samt dem Toren dahin!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Del sabio, como del necio, no hay memoria para siempre, ya que aquellos que ahora son habrán desaparecido de la memoria en los próximos días. ¡Mira cómo la muerte llega a los sabios como a los necios!

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Porque ni del sabio ni del necio habrá memoria para siempre. Pues en los días venideros todo será olvidado. ¿Y cómo muere el sabio? ¡Como el necio!

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

For no zichron (remembrance) of the chacham — no less the kesil — remains l'olam; seeing that in hayamim haba'im (the days to come) all shall be forgotten. How can the chacham die just like the kesil?

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