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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?

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ASV

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?

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?

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֣יkiforH3588 →
מִֽי־mi-who?H4310 →
יוֹדֵעַ֩yo.de.a'[is] knowingH3045 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
טּ֨וֹבTov[is] goodH2896 →
לָֽאָדָ֜םla.'a.Damfor <the> personH120 →
בַּֽחַיִּ֗יםba.chai.Yimin <the> lifeH2416 →
מִסְפַּ֛רmis.Par[the] number ofH4557 →
יְמֵי־ye.mei-[the] days ofH3117 →
חַיֵּ֥יchai.Yei[the] life ofH2416 →
הֶבְל֖וֹhev.Lofutility hisH1892 →
וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣םve.ya.'a.Semand he spends themH6213 →
כַּצֵּ֑לka.Tzellike <the> shadowH6738 →
אֲשֶׁר֙'a.SherthatH834 →
מִֽי־mi-who?H4310 →
יַגִּ֣ידya.Gidwill he tellH5046 →
לָֽאָדָ֔םla.'a.Damto <the> personH120 →
מַה־mah-what?H4100 →
יִּהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehwill it beH1961 →
אַחֲרָ֖יו'a.cha.Ravafter himH310 →
תַּ֥חַתTa.chatunderH8478 →
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ha.Sha.meshthe sunH8121 →

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James 4:14You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.Job 14:2Like a flower, he comes forth, then withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not endure.Ecclesiastes 1:4Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.Ecclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.Psalms 144:4Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.Lamentations 3:24–27“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”Ecclesiastes 7:15In my futile life I have seen both of these: A righteous man perishing in his righteousness, and a wicked man living long in his wickedness.Psalms 39:5–6You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. SelahEcclesiastes 10:14Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?Job 8:9For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.1 Chronicles 29:15For we are foreigners and strangers in Your presence, as were all our forefathers. Our days on earth are like a shadow, without hope.Ecclesiastes 8:7Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.Ecclesiastes 2:3I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.Psalms 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.Psalms 109:23I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.Ecclesiastes 9:6Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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