Ecclesiastes 6:12

כִּי מִֽי ־ יוֹדֵעַ מַה ־ טּוֹב לָֽאָדָם בַּֽחַיִּים מִסְפַּר יְמֵי ־ חַיֵּי הֶבְלוֹ וְיַעֲשֵׂם כַּצֵּל אֲשֶׁר מִֽי ־ יַגִּיד לָֽאָדָם מַה ־ יִּהְיֶה אַחֲרָיו תַּחַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

11כִּי יֵשׁ ־ דְּבָרִים הַרְבֵּה מַרְבִּים הָבֶל מַה ־ יֹּתֵר לָאָדָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Job 8:9כִּֽי ־ תְמוֹל אֲנַחְנוּ וְלֹא נֵדָע כִּי צֵל יָמֵינוּ עֲלֵי ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃

Job 14:21יִכְבְּדוּ בָנָיו וְלֹא יֵדָע וְיִצְעֲרוּ וְֽלֹא ־ יָבִין לָֽמוֹ ׃

Psalms 16:5יְֽהוָה מְנָת ־ חֶלְקִי וְכוֹסִי אַתָּה תּוֹמִיךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי ׃

Psalms 39:5הוֹדִיעֵנִי יְהוָה ׀ קִצִּי וּמִדַּת יָמַי מַה ־ הִיא אֵדְעָה מֶה ־ חָדֵל אָֽנִי ׃

Psalms 89:47עַד ־ מָה יְהוָה תִּסָּתֵר לָנֶצַח תִּבְעַר כְּמוֹ ־ אֵשׁ חֲמָתֶֽךָ ׃

Psalms 102:11מִפְּנֵֽי ־ זַֽעַמְךָ וְקִצְפֶּךָ כִּי נְשָׂאתַנִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי ׃

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 →

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