Ecclesiastes 6:12

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?

Note all…: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity

KJV · King James Version
For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?
WEB · World English Bible
For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

who knoweth
Ecclesiastes 2:3; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Psalm 4:6; Psalm 16:5; Psalm 17:15; Psalm 47:4; Lamentations 3:24–27; Micah 6:8
the days of his vain life
Heb. the number of the days ofthe life of his vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:13; Ecclesiastes 9:6; 1 Chronicles 29:15; Job 8:9; Job 14:2; Psalm 39:5, 6; Psalm 89:47; Psalm 90:10–12; Psalm 102:11; Psalm 109:23; Psalm 144:4; James 4:14
for who can
Ecclesiastes 3:22; Ecclesiastes 8:7; Job 14:21