for we were born only yesterday and know nothing,(A)
    and our days on earth are but a shadow.(B)

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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 the evening shadow;(A)
    I wither(B) away 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 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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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 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.(A)

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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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