Ecclesiastes 6:12
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?
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 6 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet meditates on the absurdity of a man to whom God gives great wealth but not the ability to enjoy it — a stranger enjoys it instead. Even a man who lives a thousand years twice over without finding enjoyment, …
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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?
For who knoweth what <FI>is<Fi> good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?
Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?
المراجع المتقاطعة
His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not …
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do …
For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as …
Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.
I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, …