Ecclesiastes 6:12
Ecclesiastes chapter 6 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?
KJV
King James Version · 1611For 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?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?
Context
v.11Seeing there are many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
v.12This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 47:4
He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. [Selah
- Psalms 39:5
Behold, thou hast made my daysas handbreadths; And my life-time is as nothing before thee: Surely every man at his best estate is altogether vanity. [Selah
- Lamentations 3:24
Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13
but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
- Job 8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
- Ecclesiastes 8:7
for he knoweth not that which shall be; for who can tell him how it shall be?