(A)Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like (B)a shadow and does not remain.

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Men of (A)low degree are only (B)vanity and men of rank are a (C)lie;
In the (D)balances they go up;
They are together lighter than breath.

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12 For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few [a]years of his futile life? He will [b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man (A)what will be after him under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit days
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Lit do