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Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

Ecclesiastes 2:16

Ecc. 2:16. "There is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool." Man's reason naturally expects a future reward, and that all the good, that good and wise men have of their labor, should not be confined to this short life.

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See also Ecclesiastes 2:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 16. THERE IS _NO REMEMBRANCE_] The wise and the fool are equally subject to death; and, in most instances, they are equally forgotten. _Time_ sweeps away all remembrances, except the very _few_...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Solomon having found that wisdom and folly agree in being subject to vanity, now contrasts one with the other Ecclesiastes 2:13. Both are brought under vanity by events Ecclesiastes 2:14 which come on...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES _ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_ 2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12) Ecclesiastes 2:1

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Qoheleth turns to the study of human nature in its wisdom and its folly. Though all is vanity yet wisdom is better than folly; it is better to face the outlook, dreary though it be, with intelligence,...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    REMEMBRANCE. memorial, as in Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 1:11. OF. for. FOR EVER. See note on Ecclesiastes 1:4. SEEING THAT WHICH NOW IS. for, as in time past....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _there is no remembrance of the wise_ More accurately, FOR THE WISE MAN AS FOR THE FOOL THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE FOR EVER, the last two words being emphatic, almost as if intentionally calling in quest...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _THE VANITY OF LIVING WISELY -- ECCLESIASTES 2:12-17:_ Solomon reflected on what a common man could do to find true happiness when he, with all his resources, had not been able to do so._ _ He could o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    2. Conclusions Ecclesiastes 2:12-26 a. Value of this wisdom and pleasure stop at the grave. Ecclesiastes 2:12-17 TEXT 2:12-17 12 So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly, for what will the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. (THERE IS) NO R...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _There is_ NO REMEMBRANCE] not meaning that no memories of famous men had survived them, but that such cases were too rare to be of any solace against the practical ills of life....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    It might be urged on behalf of the Solomonic authorship that Solomon himself might imagine that in the days to come he and his wisdom would be forgotten, but that such a thought does not become a long...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין זִכְרֹ֧ון לֶ † חָכָ֛ם עִֽם...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. There w...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For [there is] no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool (l) for ever; seeing that which now [is] in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And (m) how dieth the wise [man]? as the fool. (l)...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Unlearned. He answers, (Jansenius) or rather continues the objections. (Geier) (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. (17) Therefore I ha...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR [THERE IS] NO REMEMBRANCE OF THE WISE MORE THAN OF THE FOOL FOR EVER,.... The Targum interprets it, in the world to come; but even in this world the remembrance of a wise man, any more than of a f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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. Ver. 16. _F...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then I said why was I more wise_ What benefit have I by my wisdom? or, to what purpose did I take so much pains to get wisdom. _For there is no remembrance of the wise_ Their memory, though it may fl...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool forever, people forget the one as rapidly as the other; SEEING THAT WHICH NOW IS IN THE DAYS TO COME SHALL ALL BE FORGOTTEN, that is ordin...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's own Example...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "FOR THERE IS NO LASTING REMEMBRANCE OF THE WISE MAN AS WITH THE FOOL, INASMUCH AS IN THE COMING DAYS ALL WILL BE FORGOTTEN. AND HOW THE WISE MAN AND THE FOOL ALIKE DIE!"THERE IS NO LASTING REMEMBRANC...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-17 Solomon found that knowledge and prudence were preferable to ignorance and folly, though human wisdom and knowledge will not make a man happy. The most learned of men, who dies a stranger to Ch...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THERE IS NO REMEMBRANCE OF THE WISE MORE THAN OF THE FOOL FOR EVER; their name and memory, though it may flourish for a season among some men, yet it will not last for ever, but will in a little time...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ecclesiastes 2:16 more H5973 remembrance H2146 wise H2450 fool H3684 forever H5769 now H3528 forgotten H7911 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    A RETURN TO PHILOSOPHY AND ITS HOPELESSNESS (ECCLESIASTES 2:12). Ecclesiastes 2:12 ‘And I turned my mind to observing wisdom and madness and folly. For what can a man do who follows what a king has...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 2:16 I. The noblest renown is posthumous fame, and the most refined ambition is the desire for such fame. And of this more exalted ambition it would appear that Solomon had felt the stirr...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18. Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy, _it is mad._ Chald...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._ THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ECCLESIASTES—NOTE ON ECCLESIASTES 2:14 Wisdom is infinitely better than folly, but the wise and the foolish both die. To make matters still worse, even the wise are usually forgotten after their death...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 2:12. WHAT CAN THE MAN DO THAT COMETH AFTER THE KING?] What will my successor do? He will probably, like the rest of the world, follow the well-worn path of sin and foll...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._ ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a course of sensua...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with [pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1). So we read in the New Testament the ep...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 3:33; Ecclesiastes 1:11; Ecclesiastes 6:8; Exodus 1:6; Exodu

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    VANITY AND VEXATION UNDER THE SUN Ecclesiastes 2:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We shall introduce our study with quotations from our booklet on Ecclesiastes. Solomon had tried everything which his heart co...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    For — Their memory, though it may flourish for a season, yet will in a little time be worn out; as we see it, most of the wise men of former ages, whose very names, together with all their monuments,...

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