(A)Like a flower he comes out and withers.
He also flees like (B)a shadow and does not remain.

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People of (A)low standing are only (B)breath, and people of rank are a (C)lie;
In the (D)balances they go up.
Together they are lighter than breath.

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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

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