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14 yet fools talk on and on.
    No one knows what is to happen,
    and who can tell anyone what the future holds?(A)

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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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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
    but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(B)

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Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?(A)

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

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12 For who knows what is good for mortals while they live the few days of their vain life, which they pass like a shadow? For who can tell them what will be after them under the sun?(A)

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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?

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For dreams come with many cares, and a fool’s voice with many words.

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A dream(A) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(B)

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22 So I saw that there is nothing better than that all should enjoy their work, for that is their lot; who can bring them to see what will be after them?(A)

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22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,(A) because that is their lot.(B) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

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Boasting about Tomorrow

13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a town and spend a year there, doing business and making money.”(A) 14 Yet you do not even know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(B)

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Boasting About Tomorrow

13 Now listen,(A) you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.”(B) 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.(C)

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19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
    but the prudent are restrained in speech.(A)

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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)

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16 Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
    he multiplies words without knowledge.”(A)

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16 So Job opens his mouth with empty talk;(A)
    without knowledge he multiplies words.”(B)

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37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
    he claps his hands among us
    and multiplies his words against God.”

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37 To his sin he adds rebellion;
    scornfully he claps his hands(A) among us
    and multiplies his words(B) against God.”(C)

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