Ecclesiastes 2:18

Christian Standard Bible

The Emptiness of Work

¹⁸I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun^(A) because I must leave it to the one who comes after me.^(B)

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Ecclesiastes 6:12

Christian Standard Bible

¹²For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?^(A) Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

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Ecclesiastes 8:7

Christian Standard Bible

⁷Yet no one knows what will happen^(A) because who can tell him what will happen?

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Ecclesiastes 10:14

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴yet the fool multiplies words.
No one knows what will happen,
and who can tell anyone what will happen after him?^(A)

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