Verse List for ECC 6:12

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OET (OET-RV) Who knows what’s good for a person ⇔ for those pointless days that he/she lives? ⇔ The days pass by like a shadow ⇔ but who can tell anyone what will happen to them next in this world?

OET-LV If/because who is_knowing what is_good for_person in_life the _number _of the _days _of the _life _of his _futility _of_his and_he_spends _them like_shadow that who will _he _tell to_person what will _it _be after_him under the_sun.

ULT For who is knowing what, is good for humanity in life, during the number of the days of his vaporous life? And he makes them like the shadow. For who will declare to humanity what will be after him under the sun?

UST Certainly, I wonder whether anyone can truly know what he ought to do during his limited lifetime. People live for only a short time, and their lives seem as fleeting and insubstantial as the fading mist of one's breath. Indeed, God has designed human life so that it lasts only briefly, just like a passing shadow. Moreover, God seems to want human beings to be ignorant about what might happen to them tomorrow.

BSB & MSB For who knows what is good for a man during the few days [in which] he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

NET For no one knows what is best for a person during his life – ⇔ during the few days of his fleeting life – ⇔ for they pass away like a shadow. ⇔ Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth.

LSV For who knows what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he makes them as a shadow? For who declares to man what is after him under the sun?

FBV Who knows what's best for us and our lives? During our short lives that pass like shadows we have many unanswered questions. And who can tell us what will happen when we're gone?[fn]

T4T We live for only a short time; we disappear like [SIM] a shadow disappears in the sunlight. No one [RHQ] knows what is best for us while we are alive, and no one [RHQ] knows what will happen to us after we die [EUP].

LEB ¶  For who knows what is good for a man in his life during the few days of his fleeting life, which are fleeting as a shadow? For who can tell anyone what will happen _⌊in the future_⌋[fn] under the sun?

BBE Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Moff Who can tell what is good for man in life, during the few days of his empty life that passes like a shadow? For who can tell a man what is to happen in this world when he is gone?

JPS For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?

ASV For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?

DRA No DRA ECC 6:12 verse available

YLT For who knoweth what [is] good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?

Drby For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

RV For who knoweth what is good for man in his 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?
(For who knoweth/knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth/spends as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?)

SLT For who shall know what is for man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he will make them as a shadow? for who shall announce to man what shall be after him under the sun?

Wbstr 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?

KJB-1769 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?[fn]
(For who knoweth/knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth/spends as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?)

KJB-1611 [fn]For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the dayes of his vaine life, which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shal be after him vnder the sunne?
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps 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?
(For who knoweth/knows what is good for man living in the days of his vain life, which is but a shadowe? Or who will tell a man what shall happen after him under the sun?)

Gnva No Gnva ECC 6:12 verse available

Cvdl For who knoweth what is good for man lyuynge, in ye dayes of his vayne life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who wil tell a man, what shal happen after him vnder the Sonne?
(For who knoweth/knows what is good for man living, in ye/you_all days of his vain life, which is but a shadowe? Or, who will tell a man, what shall happen after him under the Sonne?)

Wycl No Wycl ECC 6:12 verse available

Luth Denn wer weiß, was dem Menschen nütz ist im Leben, solange er lebet in seiner Eitelkeit, welches dahinfähret wie ein Schatten? Oder wer will dem Menschen sagen, was nach ihm kommen wird unter der Sonne?
(Because who white, what/which to_him people useful is in_the life, as_long_as he lives in his vanity, which goes_there as/like a shadow/shade? Or who will to_him people say, what/which after him coming becomes under the/of_the sun?)

ClVg No ClVg ECC 6:12 verse available

UHB כִּ֣י מִֽי־יוֹדֵעַ֩ מַה־טּ֨וֹב לָֽ⁠אָדָ֜ם בַּֽ⁠חַיִּ֗ים מִסְפַּ֛ר יְמֵי־חַיֵּ֥י הֶבְל֖⁠וֹ וְ⁠יַעֲשֵׂ֣⁠ם כַּ⁠צֵּ֑ל אֲשֶׁר֙ מִֽי־יַגִּ֣יד לָֽ⁠אָדָ֔ם מַה־יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָ֖י⁠ו תַּ֥חַת הַ⁠שָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ ‡

BrLXX Τί περισσὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ; ὅτι τίς οἶδεν ἀγαθὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν τῇ ζωῇ, ἀριθμὸν ζωῆς ἡμερῶν ματαιότητος αὐτοῦ; καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτὰ ἐν σκιᾷ· ὅτι τίς ἀπαγγελεῖ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, τί ἔσται ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον;

BrTr What advantage has a man? for who knows what is good for a man in his life, during the number of the life of the days of his vanity? and he has spent them as a shadow; for who shall tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?