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Ecclesiastes 6:11
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Ecclesiastes 6:11
English Standard Version
11 The more words, the more vanity, and what is the advantage to man?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
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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)
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