Ecclesiastes · קֹהֶלֶת

Ecclesiastes 2:16

כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין זִכְר֛וֹן לֶחָכָ֥ם עִם הַכְּסִ֖יל לְעוֹלָ֑ם בְּשֶׁכְּבָר֙ הַיָּמִ֣ים הַבָּאִ֔ים הַכֹּ֖ל נִשְׁכָּ֑ח וְאֵיךְ֙ יָמ֣וּת הֶֽחָכָ֔ם עִם הַכְּסִֽיל׃
kiy ʾeyn zikrvon leḥakam ʿim haksiyl lʿvolam bshekbar hayamiym habaʾiym hakol nishkaḥ vʾeyk yamvt heḥakam ʿim haksiyl
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no enduring remembrance, seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. How the wise man dies just like the fool!

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