Parallel ECC 2:16

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BSB § For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

OEB said to myself, Here is another illusion. For through all time the wise man is not remembered any more than the fool, seeing that in the days to come every one will be soon forgotten. Alas! the wise man

WEB 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!

NET For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long,
 ⇔ because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten.
 ⇔ Alas, the wise man dies – just like the fool!

LSV That there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—for all time, for that which [is] already, [in] the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dies the wise? With the fool!

FBV Nobody remembers the wise or the fool for very long—in the future everything will be forgotten. Whether wise or foolish, they both die.

T4T Wise people and foolish people all die.
⇔ And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten [DOU].”

LEB Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in future generations. Whenfuture days come, both will have been forgotten already. How is it that the wise man dies the same as the fool?

BBE 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!

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JPS For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will long ago have been forgotten. And how must the wise man die even as the fool!

ASV For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

DRA For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

YLT 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!

DBY 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?

RV For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

WBS For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been already forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!

KJB 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/dies the wise man? as the fool.)

BB For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe: for the dayes shall come when all shalbe forgotten: yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole.
  (For the wise are ever as little in remembrance as the foolishe: for the days shall come when all shall be forgotten: yea the wise man dieth/dies as well as the foole.)

GNV For there shalbe no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole for euer: for that that now is, in the dayes to come shall all be forgotten. And howe dyeth the wise man, as doeth the foole?
  (For there shall be no remembrance of the wise, nor of the foole forever: for that that now is, in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth/dies the wise man, as doeth the foole?)

CB For the wyse are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolish, and all the dayes for to come shalbe forgotten, yee the wyse man dyeth as well as ye foole.
  (For the wise are ever as little in remembrance as the foolish, and all the days for to come shall be forgotten, ye/you_all the wise man dieth/dies as well as ye/you_all foole.)

WYC For mynde of a wijs man schal not be, in lijk maner as nether of a fool with outen ende, and tymes to comynge schulen hile alle thingis togidere with foryetyng; a lerned man dieth in lijk maner and an vnlerned man.
  (For mind of a wijs man shall not be, in like manner as neither of a fool without end, and times to coming should hile all things together with foryetyng; a lerned man dieth/dies in like manner and an unlerned man.)

LUT Denn man gedenkt des Weisen nicht immerdar, ebensowenig als des Narren; und die künftigen Tage vergessen alles; und wie der Weise stirbt, also auch der Narr.
  (Because man gedenkt the Weisen not immerdar, ebensowenig als the Narren; and the künftigen days vergessen alles; and like the Weise stirbt, also also the Narr.)

CLV Non enim erit memoria sapientis similiter ut stulti in perpetuum, et futura tempora oblivione cuncta pariter operient: moritur doctus similiter ut indoctus.
  (Non because erit memoria sapientis similiter as stulti in perpetuum, and futura tempora oblivione cuncta pariter operient: moritur doctus similiter as indoctus.)

BRN For there is no remembrance of the wise man with the fool for ever; forasmuch as now in the coming days all things are forgotten: and how shall the wise man die with the fool?

BrLXX Ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ μνήμη τοῦ σοφοῦ μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καθότι ἤδη αἱ ἡμέραι ἐρχόμεναι τὰ πάντα ἐπελήσθη· καὶ πῶς ἀποθανεῖται ὁ σοφὸς μετὰ τοῦ ἄφρονος;
  (Hoti ouk estin haʸ mnaʸmaʸ tou sofou meta tou afronos eis ton aiōna, kathoti aʸdaʸ hai haʸmerai erⱪomenai ta panta epelaʸsthaʸ; kai pōs apothaneitai ho sofos meta tou afronos?)