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Ecclesiastes 1:11

Ecclesiastes 1:11
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

There is no remembrance of former things,.... Which is the reason why some things that are really old are thought to be new; because either the memories of men fail them, they do not remember the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ecclesiastes 1:9-11

Two things we are apt to take a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction in, and value ourselves upon, with reference to our business and enjoyments in the world, as if they helped to save them from…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

There is no remembrance of former things Better, of former men, or of those of old time, and so in the next clause of those that shall come after. The thought of the oblivion of the past, suggested in…

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