For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, along with the fool, since in the coming days everything will soon be forgotten. And how the wise and the fool alike die!

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Solomon, having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other (Ecclesiastes 2:13). Bot…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

It might be argued in favor of Solomonic authorship that Solomon himself might imagine that in future days he and his wisdom would be forgotten, bu…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the
fool for ever
The Targum i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The …