"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."
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And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation.
Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.
For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
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!