Job 14:21
English Standard Version
21 His sons come to honor, and he (A)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
Job 14:21
New International Version
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(A)
Ecclesiastes 9:5
English Standard Version
5 For the living know that they will die, but (A)the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for (B)the memory of them is forgotten.
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Ecclesiastes 9:5
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Isaiah 63:16
English Standard Version
16 For (A)you are our Father,
though Abraham does not know us,
and Israel does not acknowledge us;
you, O Lord, are our Father,
(B)our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Isaiah 63:16
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Isaiah 39:7-8
English Standard Version
7 (A)And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.” 8 Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, (B)“There will be peace and security in my days.”
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Isaiah 39:7-8
New International Version
7 And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.(A)”
8 “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good,(B)” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “There will be peace and security in my lifetime.(C)”
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
English Standard Version
The Vanity of Toil
18 I hated (A)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must (B)leave it to the man who will come after me, 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 2:18-19
New International Version
18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(A) 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(B) 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.
Psalm 39:6
English Standard Version
6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
1 Samuel 4:20
English Standard Version
20 And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, (A)“Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention.
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1 Samuel 4:20
New International Version
20 As she was dying, the women attending her said, “Don’t despair; you have given birth to a son.” But she did not respond or pay any attention.
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