For the living know that they will die;
But (A)the dead know nothing,
And they have no more reward,
For (B)the memory of them is forgotten.

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14 They are dead, they will not live;
They are deceased, they will not rise.
Therefore You have punished and destroyed them,
And made all their memory to (A)perish.

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21 His sons come to honor, and (A)he does not know it;
They are brought low, and he does not perceive it.

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Death Comes to All

10 Then I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of holiness, and they were (A)forgotten[a] in the city where they had so done. This also is vanity.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:10 Some Heb. mss., LXX, Vg. praised

16 For there is (A)no more remembrance of the wise than of the fool forever,
Since all that now is will be forgotten in the days to come.
And how does a wise man die?
As the fool!

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11 There is (A)no remembrance of former things,
Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come
By those who will come after.

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10 Will You work wonders for the dead?
Shall [a]the dead arise and praise You? Selah
11 Shall Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or Your faithfulness in the place of destruction?
12 Shall Your wonders be known in the dark?
And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:10 shades, ghosts

(A)For in death there is no remembrance of You;
In the grave who will give You thanks?

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15 Let them be continually before the Lord,
That He may (A)cut off the memory of them from the earth;

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27 (A)And as it is appointed for men to die once, (B)but after this the judgment,

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16 (A)Doubtless You are our Father,
Though Abraham (B)was ignorant of us,
And Israel does not acknowledge us.
You, O Lord, are our Father;
Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

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Better to go to the house of mourning
Than to go to the house of feasting,
For that is the end of all men;
And the living will take it to (A)heart.

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23 For I know that You will bring me to death,
And to the house (A)appointed for all living.

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(A)The eye of him who sees me will see me no more;
While your eyes are upon me, I shall no longer be.
As the cloud disappears and vanishes away,
So (B)he who goes down to the grave does not come up.
10 He shall never return to his house,
(C)Nor shall his place know him anymore.

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