King James Version (KJV)
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?”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 6
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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.
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Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what [is] man the better?
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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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