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Ecclesiastes 2:16 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 16
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.Ecclesiastes 2:16 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:16 in context
14The 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.
15Then 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.
16For 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.
17Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
18Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- remembrancezikrôwna mementoH2146 →
- forgottenshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- diethmûwthto dieH4191 →
- wisechâkâmwiseH2450 →
- foolkᵉçîylproperly, fatH3684 →
- everʻôwlâmproperly, concealedH5769 →
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Solomon having tried what satisfaction was to be had in learning first, and then in the pleasures of sense, and having also put both together, here compares them one with another and passes a judgment upon them. I. He sets himself to consider both wisdom and folly. He had considered these before (Ecc 1:17);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-16