Ecclesiastes 6:12 · KJV
“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? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}”
— Ecclesiastes 6:12
Ecclesiastes 6 — Context
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it {is} man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what {is} man the better?
12For 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? {all...: Heb. the number of the days of the life of his vanity}
Cross References
James 4:14
Whereas ye know not what {shall be} on the morrow. For what {is} your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. {It...: or, For it is}
Job 14:2
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Ecclesiastes 3:22
Wherefore I perceive that {there is} nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that {is} his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Psalms 144:4
Man is like to vanity: his days {are} as a shadow that passeth away.
Lamentations 3:24-27
The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Psalms 39:5-6
Behold, thou hast made my days {as} an handbreadth; and mine age {is} as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state {is} altogether vanity. Selah. {at...: Heb. settled}
Job 8:9
(For we {are but of} yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth {are} a shadow:) {nothing: Heb. not}
Ecclesiastes 8:7
For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? {when...: or, how it shall be?}
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