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Ecclesiastes 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

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Ecclesiastes 6:12

Verse 12 of 12

Scripture focus

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?

Ecclesiastes 6:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Ecclesiastes 6:12

Theological / Devotional

What is good. That is, the things in life that are worth living for. Inasmuch as man himself cannot discover the ultimate good of life, he should recognize the futility of complaining and disputing with God. The question here asked anticipates a negative answer.

A shadow. Man is compared to a passing shadow, here for a brief moment and then gone (see 1 Chron. 29:15; Job 8:9; Ps. 102:11; 144:4; cf. James 4:14).

What shall be. Man cannot disclose the future. His life is but a moment between two eternities. The things of time are transient; the unseen things are eternal, and are in the hand of God (see 2 Cor. 4:17, 18).

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