Verse 12

For who knoweth what is good for man liuing in the dayes of his vayne life, whiche is but a shadowe? Or who wyl tell a man what shall happen after hym vnder the sunne?

Referenced Verses

  • Job 14:2 : 2 He commeth vp, and is cut downe like a floure: He fleeth as it were a shadow, and neuer continueth in one state.
  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?
  • Lam 3:24-27 : 24 The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym. 25 O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym. 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde. 27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?
  • Jas 4:14 : 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe. For what thyng is your lyfe? It is euen a vapour, that appeareth for a litle tyme, and then he vanisheth away.
  • Eccl 8:7 : 7 And why? a man knoweth not what is for to come: for who can tell hym when it shalbe?
  • Eccl 8:13 : 13 Againe, as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him, neither shall he prolong his dayes: but euen as a shadowe, so shall he be that feareth not God.
  • Ps 144:4 : 4 Man is lyke a thyng of naught: his dayes be lyke a shadowe that passeth away.
  • Ps 39:5-6 : 5 Behold thou hast made my dayes as it were an hand breadth long, & mine age is euen as nothing before thee: truely euery man is al together vanitie. Selah. 6 Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he and all his do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them.
  • Ps 47:4 : 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce: the glorie of Iacob who he loued. Selah.
  • Ps 89:47 : 47 Remember what I am, howe short my tyme is of lyfe: wherfore hast thou created in vayne all the sonnes of men?
  • Ps 90:10-12 : 10 The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength of nature men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it. 11 Who regardeth the force of thy wrath? for euen there after as a man feareth thee, so feeleth he thy displeasure. 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome.
  • Ps 102:11 : 11 My dayes fade away lyke a shadowe: and I am wythered lyke grasse.
  • Ps 109:23 : 23 I passe away like a vading shadowe: and I am dryuen from place to place lyke the grashopper.
  • Job 14:21 : 21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.
  • Ps 4:6 : 6 There be many that say, who wyll shewe vs any good? O God lift thou vp the light of thy countenaunce vpon vs.
  • Ps 16:5 : 5 O God, thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup: thou wylt mayntayne my lot.
  • Ps 17:15 : 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • Eccl 2:3 : 3 So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine, and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome, and to comprehende foolishnesse: vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne, I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen.
  • 1 Chr 29:15 : 15 For we be but straungers before thee, and soiourners, as were al our fathers: Our dayes on the earth also are but as a shadowe, and there is none abiding.
  • Job 8:9 : 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe.)
  • Eccl 9:6 : 6 Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne.
  • Eccl 12:13 : 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men.
  • Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee O man what is good, and what the Lorde requireth of thee: namely to do iustly, to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe to walke with thy God.