Job 14:21

New International Version

²¹If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.^(A)

Ecclesiastes 9:5

New International Version

⁵For the living know that they will die,
but the dead know nothing;^(A)
they have no further reward,
and even their name^(B) is forgotten.^(C)

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Ecclesiastes 9:5 in all English translations

Isaiah 63:16

New International Version

¹⁶But you are our Father,^(A)
    though Abraham does not know us
    or Israel acknowledge^(B) us;
you, Lord, are our Father,
    our Redeemer^(C) from of old is your name.

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Isaiah 63:16 in all English translations

Ecclesiastes 2:18-19

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¹⁸I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.^(A) ¹⁹And 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.

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Isaiah 39:7-8

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⁷And 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)”

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Psalm 39:6

New International Version

⁶“Surely everyone goes around^(A) like a mere phantom;^(B)
in vain they rush about,^(C) heaping up wealth^(D)
without knowing whose it will finally be.^(E)