Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
remembrance—a great aim of the worldly (Genesis 11:4). The righteous alone attain it (Psalms 112:6; Proverbs 10:7).
for ever—no perpetual memorial.
that which now is—MAURER, "In the days to come all things shall be now long ago forgotten."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ecclesiastes 2:16:
Ecclesiastes 1:11
Ecclesiastes 2:12
Ecclesiastes 3:14
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