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Ecclesiastes 6:12 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 6 · verse 12
For 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?Ecclesiastes 6:12 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 6:12 in context
10That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
12For 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?
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Key words (Strong's)
- spendethʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- shadowtsêlshade, whether literal or figurativeH6738 →
- afterʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- goodṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
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Here, 1. Solomon lays down his conclusion which he had undertaken to prove, as that which was fully confirmed by the foregoing discourse: There be many things that increase vanity; the life of man is vain, at the best, and there are abundance of accidents that concur to make it more so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-12