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?
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
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?
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?
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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