Ecclesiastes 2:19
English Standard Version
19 and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under the sun. This also is vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:19
New International Version
19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(A) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 6:12
English Standard Version
12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his (A)vain[a] life, which he passes like (B)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be (C)after him under the sun?
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- Ecclesiastes 6:12 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
Ecclesiastes 6:12
New International Version
12 For 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?
Ecclesiastes 8:7
English Standard Version
7 For he (A)does not know what is to be, for (B)who can tell him how it will be?
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
New International Version
7 Since no one knows the future,
who can tell someone else what is to come?
Ecclesiastes 10:14
English Standard Version
14 (A)A fool multiplies words,
though no man knows what is to be,
and who can tell him (B)what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 10:14
New International Version
14 and fools multiply words.(A)
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(B)
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