(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

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For (A)we were born yesterday, and know [a]nothing,
Because our days on earth are a shadow.

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  1. Job 8:9 Lit. not

11 My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.

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11 My days are like a shadow that lengthens,
And I wither away like grass.

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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?

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12 For who knows what is good for man in life, [a]all the days of his [b]vain life which he passes like (A)a shadow? (B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit. the number of the days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 futile

14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

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14 whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? (A)It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away.

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