Ecclesiastes 6:12 Cross References - LEB

¹² For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen _⌊in the future_⌋* under the sun?

¹⁵ For we are strangers before you and sojourners like all our ancestors.* Our days are like the shadow upon earth, and there is no hope of abiding.

⁹ for we are of yesterday, and we do not know, for our days on earth are a shadow.

² Like a flower he comes up, and he withers away; and he flees like a* shadow, but* he does not last.

²¹ His children may come to honor, but* he does not know it; or* they may become lowly, but* he does not realize it.*

⁶ Many are saying, "Who will show us something good?" Lift up over* us the light of your face, O Yahweh.

⁵ Yahweh is the portion which is my share and my cup. You hold my lot.

¹⁵ By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.

⁵ Look, you have made my days mere handbreadths, and my lifespan as nothing next to you. Surely every person standing firm is complete vanity. Selah ⁶ Surely a man walks about as a mere _⌊shadow_⌋;* surely in vain they bustle about. He heaps up possessions but does not know who will gather them in.

⁴ He chooses for us our inheritance, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

⁴⁷ Remember what my lifespan is. Remember for what vanity you have created all the children of humankind.

¹⁰ As for the days of our years, within them are seventy years or if by strength eighty years, and their pride* is trouble and disaster, for it passes quickly and we fly away. ¹¹ Who knows the strength of your anger, and your rage consistent with* the fear due you? ¹² So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

¹¹ My days are like a lengthened shadow, and I wither like grass.

²³ Like a lengthening shadow I am passing away; I am shaken off like a locust.

⁴ Humankind is like a breath, his days like a passing shadow.

³ I also _⌊explored_⌋* _⌊the effects of indulging my flesh_⌋* with wine. My mind guiding me with wisdom, _⌊I investigated_⌋* folly so that I might discover what is good under heaven* for _⌊humans_⌋* to do _⌊during the days of their lives_⌋.*

²² So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy the fruit of his labor, for this is his lot in life. _⌊For no one knows what will happen in the future._⌋*

⁷ Surely no one knows what will be, so who can tell anyone what will happen?

¹³ But it will not go well with the wicked, and they will not prolong their days, like the shadow; because there is no fearing _⌊God's presence_⌋.*

⁶ What they loved and hated, as well as what they desired, has already perished. They no longer have any share in what is done under the sun.

¹³ Now that all has been heard, here is the final conclusion: Fear God and obey his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.

²⁴ "Yahweh is my portion," says my soul, "Thus I will hope on him." ²⁵ Yahweh is good to those who wait on him, to the person that seeks him. ²⁶ It is good to wait in silence for the salvation of Yahweh. ²⁷ It is good for a man who carries the yoke of his childhood.

⁸ He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

¹⁴ you who do not know _⌊what will happen tomorrow_⌋*, _⌊what your life will be like_⌋*. For you are a smoky vapor that appears for a short time and then disappears.