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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!

Ecclesiastes 2:16 · WEB

This verse in other languages

ગુજરાતીસભાશિક્ષક ૨:૧૬
મૂર્ખ કરતાં જ્ઞાનીનું સ્મરણ વધારે રહેતું નથી અને જે હાલમાં છે તેઓ આવનાર દિવસોમાં ભૂલાઈ જશે. મૂર્ખની જેમ જ જ્ઞાની પણ મરે છે.
हिन्दीसभोपदेशक २:१६
क्योंकि न तो बुद्धिमान का और न मूर्ख का स्मरण सर्वदा बना रहेगा, परन्तु भविष्य में सब कुछ भूला दिया जाएगा । बुद्धिमान कैसे मूर्ख के समान मरता है!

In context

14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.

16For 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!

17So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

18I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

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