New International Version (NIV)
16For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered;
the days have already come when both have been forgotten.
Like the fool, the wise too must die!
Ecclesiastes 2:16
Ecclesiastes 2:16 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
16For there is no 2:16 Lit foreverlasting remembrance of the wise, along with the fool, since in the coming days everything will 2:16 Lit alreadysoon be forgotten. And how the wise and the fool alike die!
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
16For 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!
Amplified Bible (AMP)
16For there is no [more] lasting remembrance of the wise man than of the fool, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
16For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
16Like a foolish person, a wise person won’t be remembered very long.
The days have already come when both of them have been forgotten.
Like a person who is foolish,
a wise person must die too!