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Ecclesiastes 2:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Emptiness of Work
18 I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun(A) because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
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18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(A)
Ecclesiastes 2:18
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
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18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for man in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?(A) Who can tell man what will happen after him under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?
Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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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?
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Yet no one knows what will happen(A) because who can tell him what will happen?
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
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7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 Yet the fool multiplies words.
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?(A)
Ecclesiastes 10:14
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
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14 and fools multiply words.(A)
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(B)
Ecclesiastes 10:14
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
King James Version
14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
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