22 I have seen that (A)nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see (B)what will occur after him?

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12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few [a]years of his futile life? He will [b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man (A)what will be after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit do

14 (A)In the day of prosperity be happy,
But (B)in the day of adversity consider—
God has made the one as well as the other
So that man will (C)not discover anything that will be after him.

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If no one (A)knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen?

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