Ecclesiastes 6:12

New King James Version

¹²For who knows what is good for man in life, ^[a]all the days of his ^[b]vain life which he passes like ^(A)a shadow? ^(B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile

Ecclesiastes 6:12

New International Version

¹²For 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?

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Ecclesiastes 8:7

New King James Version

⁷^(A)For he does not know what will happen;
So who can tell him when it will occur?

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Ecclesiastes 8:7

New International Version

⁷Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?

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