Ecclesiastes 6:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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? ”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 6:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 6:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 6:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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? ”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 6:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For who knoweth what <FI>is<Fi> good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun? ”
Ecclesiastes 6:12 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 6:12 in Context — Ecclesiastes 6
10 That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
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?
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What Does Ecclesiastes 6:12 Mean?
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