Ecclesiastes 1:11

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

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9 What has been will be again, and what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

10 Is there a case where one can say, “Look, this is new”? It has already existed in the ages before us.

11 There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.

12 I, the Teacher, was king over Israel in Jerusalem.

13 And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom all that is done under heaven. What a heavy burden God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them!

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Ecclesiastes 1:11 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: There is no remembrance of those who came before, and those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow after.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.
ASV American Standard Version: There 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.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be remembrance of things that are to come with those who shall live afterwards.
WBS Webster Bible: 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.