12 For who knows what is good for man while he lives the few days of his (A)vain[a] life, which he passes like (B)a shadow? For who can tell man what will be (C)after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

He comes out like (A)a flower and (B)withers;
    he flees like (C)a shadow and continues not.

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