11 No one remembers the former generations, and even those yet to come will not be remembered by those who follow them.
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.
11 There is no remembrance of former things,
11 Nobody remembers what happened yesterday. And the things that will happen tomorrow? Nobody'll remember them either. Don't count on being remembered.
11 There is no remembrance of former things, Nor will there be any remembrance of things that are to come By those who will come after.
11 We don't remember what happened in the past, and in future generations, no one will remember what we are doing now.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:11
Commentary on Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
(Read Ecclesiastes 1:9-11)
Men's hearts and their corruptions are the same now as in former times; their desires, and pursuits, and complaints, still the same. This should take us from expecting happiness in the creature, and quicken us to seek eternal blessings. How many things and persons in Solomon's day were thought very great, yet there is no remembrance of them now!