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PARALLEL BIBLE - Ecclesiastes 6:12
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King James Bible - 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?
World English BibleFor 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?
Douay-Rheims - Ecclesiastes 6:12 What needeth a man to seek things that are above him, whereas he knoweth not what is profitable for him in his life, in all the days of his pilgrimage, and the time that passeth like a shadow? Or who can tell him what shall be after him under the sun?
Webster's Bible Translation 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?
Original Hebrew כי 3588 מי 4310 יודע 3045 מה 4100 טוב 2896 לאדם 120 בחיים 2416 מספר 4557 ימי 3117 חיי 2416 הבלו 1892 ויעשׂם 6213 כצל 6738 אשׁר 834 מי 4310 יגיד 5046 לאדם 120 מה 4100 יהיה 1961 אחריו 310 תחת 8478 השׁמשׁ׃ 8121
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge VERSE (12) - Ec 2:3; 12:13 Ps 4:6; 16:5; 17:15; 47:4 La 3:24-27 Mic 6:8
SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:12 Porque ¿quién sabe cuál es el bien del hombre en la vida, todos los días de la vida de su vanidad, los cuales el hace que sean como sombra? Porque ¿quién enseñará al hombre qué será después de él debajo del sol?
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:12 Verse 12. For who knoweth what is good for man in this life - Those things which we deem good are often evil. And those which we think evil are often good. So ignorant are we, that we run the greatest hazard in making a choice. It is better to leave ourselves and our concerns in the hands of the Lord, than to keep them in our own. For who can tell a man what shall be after him - Futurity is with God. While he lives, man wishes to know what is before him. When he is about to die, he wishes to know what will be after him. All this is vanity; God, because he is merciful, will reveal neither.
John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 12. For who knoweth what [is] good for man in [this] life ? etc.] To be in a higher or lower station of life, to live in grandeur or meanness, to be rich or poor, learned or unlearned; since that which seems most agreeable to human nature is at, ended with so much vanity, the occasion of so much sin, and often issues in ruin and misery, that no man knows what is best for him; and therefore it is the wisest way to be content with what a man has, and enjoy it in the most comfortable manner, and use it to the best ends and purposes he can. The Targum is, “for who is he that knows what is good for a man in this world, but to study in the law, which is the life of the world?” so the Midrash, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ? or “the number of the days of vain life, which he makes as a shadow” f151 ; that is, which God makes as a “shadow”, as Cocceius observes; makes to pass away swiftly: this is a description of the vanity, brevity, and uncertainty of human life; it consists of days, rather than of months and years; and those such as are easily numbered, and which pass away suddenly and swiftly, like a shadow that has no substance and reality in it, and leaves nothing behind it; or like a bird that flies away, as Jarchi, and is seen no more; such is the life of man, a most vain life, vanity itself; so it may be rendered, “the number of the days of the life of his vanity” f152 ; since therefore he has so short a time to enjoy anything in, it is hard to say what is best for him to have, and the rather since he is quite ignorant of what is to come; for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? he does not know himself, nor can any man inform him, what will become of his wealth and riches after his death, which he has got together; who shall enjoy them, and how long and what use will be made of them, either to their own good, or the good of others.
Matthew Henry Commentary The vanity of riches. Also of long life and flourishing families (Eccl. 6:1-6) The little advantage any one has in outward things (Eccl. 6:7-12) Eccl. 6:1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he make no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. numerous family was a matter of fond desire and of high honour amon the Hebrews; and long life is the desire of mankind in general. Eve with these additions a man may not be able to enjoy his riches, family and life. Such a man, in his passage through life, seems to have bee born for no end or use. And he who has entered on life only for on moment, to quit it the next, has a preferable lot to him who has live long, but only to suffer. Eccl. 6:7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a grea deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealt of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as well a the richest, and is under no real disadvantage. We cannot say, Bette is the sight of the eyes than the resting of the soul in God; for it is better to live by faith in things to come, than to live by sense, whic dwells only upon present things. Our lot is appointed. We have what pleases God, and let that please us. The greatest possessions an honours cannot set us above the common events of human life. Seein that the things men pursue on earth increase vanities, what is man the better for his worldly devices? Our life upon earth is to be reckone by days. It is fleeting and uncertain, and with little in it to be fon of, or to be depended on. Let us return to God, trust in his merc through Jesus Christ, and submit to his will. Then soon shall we glid through this vexatious world, and find ourselves in that happy place where there is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew כי 3588 מי 4310 יודע 3045 מה 4100 טוב 2896 לאדם 120 בחיים 2416 מספר 4557 ימי 3117 חיי 2416 הבלו 1892 ויעשׂם 6213 כצל 6738 אשׁר 834 מי 4310 יגיד 5046 לאדם 120 מה 4100 יהיה 1961 אחריו 310 תחת 8478 השׁמשׁ׃ 8121
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