Verse 12

For who knoweth{H3045} what is good{H2896} for man{H120} in [his] life,{H2416} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of his vain{H1892} life{H2416} which he spendeth{H6213} as a shadow?{H6738} for who can tell{H5046} a man{H120} what shall be after{H310} him under the sun?{H8121}

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He cometh forth{H3318} like a flower,{H6731} and is cut down:{H5243} He fleeth{H1272} also as a shadow,{H6738} and continueth{H5975} not.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherefore I saw{H7200} that there is nothing better,{H2896} than that a man{H120} should rejoice{H8055} in his works;{H4639} for that is his portion:{H2506} for who shall bring{H935} him [back] to see{H7200} what shall be after{H310} him?
  • Lam 3:24-27 : 24 Jehovah{H3068} is my portion,{H2506} saith{H559} my soul;{H5315} therefore will I hope{H3176} in him. 25 Jehovah{H3068} is good{H2896} unto them that wait{H6960} for him, to the soul{H5315} that seeketh{H1875} him. 26 It is good{H2896} that a man should hope{H3175} and quietly wait{H1748} for the salvation{H8668} of Jehovah.{H3068} 27 It is good{H2896} for a man{H1397} that he bear{H5375} the yoke{H5923} in his youth.{H5271}
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 whereas{G3748} ye know{G1987} not{G3756} what{G3588} shall be on the morrow.{G839} {G1063} What{G4169} is your{G5216} life?{G2222} For ye are{G2076} a{G1063} vapor,{G822} that appeareth{G5316} for{G4314} a little time,{G3641} and{G1161} then{G1899} vanisheth away.{G853}
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 for he knoweth{H3045} not that which shall be; for who can tell{H5046} him how it shall be?
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 but it shall not be well{H2896} with the wicked,{H7563} neither shall he prolong{H748} [his] days,{H3117} [which are] as a shadow;{H6738} because he feareth{H3373} not before{H6440} God.{H430}
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man{H120} is like{H1819} to vanity:{H1892} His days{H3117} are as a shadow{H6738} that passeth away.{H5674}
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold, thou hast made{H5414} my days{H3117} [as] handbreadths;{H2947} And my life-time{H2465} is as nothing before thee: Surely every{H3605} man{H120} at his best estate{H5324} is altogether{H3605} vanity.{H1892} {H5542} 6 [Surely every man]{H376} [walketh]{H1980} [in a vain show;]{H6754} [Surely they are disquieted]{H1993} [in vain:]{H1892} [He heapeth up]{H6651} [riches], and knoweth{H3045} not who shall gather{H622} them.
  • Ps 47:4 : 4 He chooseth{H977} our inheritance{H5159} for us, The glory{H1347} of Jacob{H3290} whom he loved.{H157} Selah{H5542}
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Oh remember{H2142} how short{H2465} my time is: For what vanity{H7723} hast thou created all the children{H1121} of men!{H1121}
  • Ps 90:10-12 : 10 The days{H3117} of our years{H8141} are threescore{H7657} years{H8141} and ten,{H7657} Or even by reason of strength{H1369} fourscore{H8084} years;{H8141} Yet is their pride{H7296} but labor{H5999} and sorrow;{H205} For it is soon{H2440} gone,{H1468} and we fly away.{H5774} 11 Who knoweth{H3045} the power{H5797} of thine anger,{H639} And thy wrath{H5678} according to the fear{H3374} that is due unto thee? 12 So teach{H3045} us to number{H4487} our days,{H3117} That we may get{H935} us a heart{H3824} of wisdom.{H2451}
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My days{H3117} are like a shadow{H6738} that declineth;{H5186} And I am withered{H3001} like grass.{H6212}
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I am gone{H1980} like the shadow{H6738} when it declineth:{H5186} I am tossed up and down{H5287} as the locust.{H697}
  • Job 14:21 : 21 His sons{H1121} come to honor,{H3513} and he knoweth{H3045} it not; And they are brought low,{H6819} but he perceiveth{H995} it not of them.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 Many{H7227} there are that say,{H559} Who will show{H7200} us [any] good?{H2896} Jehovah,{H3068} lift thou up{H5375} the light{H216} of thy countenance{H6440} upon us.
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 Jehovah{H3068} is the portion{H4490} of mine inheritance{H2506} and of my cup:{H3563} Thou maintainest{H8551} my lot.{H1486}
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 As for me, I shall behold{H2372} thy face{H6440} in righteousness;{H6664} I shall be satisfied,{H7646} when I awake,{H6974} with [beholding] thy form.{H8544}
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 I searched{H8446} in my heart{H3820} how to cheer{H4900} my{H1320} flesh with wine,{H3196} my heart{H3820} yet guiding{H5090} [me] with wisdom,{H2451} and how to lay hold{H270} on folly,{H5531} till I might see{H7200} what it was good{H2896} for the sons{H1121} of men{H120} that they should do{H6213} under heaven{H8064} all{H4557} the days{H3117} of their life.{H2416}
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we are strangers{H1616} before{H6440} thee, and sojourners,{H8453} as all our fathers{H1} were: our days{H3117} on the earth{H776} are as a shadow,{H6738} and there is no abiding.{H4723}
  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday,{H8543} and know{H3045} nothing, Because our days{H3117} upon earth{H776} are a shadow);{H6738}
  • Eccl 9:6 : 6 As well their love,{H160} as their hatred{H8135} and their envy,{H7068} is perished{H6} long ago;{H3528} neither have they any more a portion{H2506} for ever{H5769} in anything that is done{H6213} under the sun.{H8121}
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 This is the end{H5490} of the matter;{H1697} all hath been heard:{H8085} fear{H3372} God,{H430} and keep{H8104} his commandments;{H4687} for this is the whole duty of man.{H120}
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed{H5046} thee, O man,{H120} what is good;{H2896} and what doth Jehovah{H3068} require{H1875} of thee, but to do{H6213} justly,{H4941} and to love{H160} kindness,{H2617} and to walk{H3212} humbly{H6800} with thy God?{H430}