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

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 3:22 Or reward

12 For who knows what is good for a person 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 person (A)what will happen after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

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

14 (A)On the day of prosperity be happy,
But (B)on the day of adversity consider:
God has made the one as well as the other
So that a person will (C)not discover anything that will come after him.

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12 For indeed, a person does not (A)know his time: like fish that are caught in a treacherous net and (B)birds caught in a snare, so the sons of mankind are (C)ensnared at an evil time when it (D)suddenly falls on them.

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