Ecclesiastes 6:12
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?
King James Version
In Context
11Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Job 14:21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
Psalms 16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 39:5Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
Psalms 89:47Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
Psalms 102:11My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:12
The Insatiableness of Desire. 11 Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? 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? Here, 1. Solomon lays down his conclusion which he had undertaken to prove, as that which was fully confirmed by the foregoing discourse: There be many things that increase vanity; the life of man is vain, at the best, and there are… Read the whole commentary →