Certainly every person (A)walks around as [a]a fleeting shadow;
They certainly make an (B)uproar for nothing;
He (C)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:6 Lit an image

“Surely everyone goes around(A) like a mere phantom;(B)
    in vain they rush about,(C) heaping up wealth(D)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.(E)

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The Futility of Labor

18 So I hated (A)all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, because I must (B)leave it to the man who will come after me.

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18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(A)

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21 When there is a person who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and (A)skill, and then (B)gives his [a]legacy to one who has not labored for it; this too is futility and a great evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share

21 For a person may labor with wisdom, knowledge and skill, and then they must leave all they own to another who has not toiled for it. This too is meaningless and a great misfortune.

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20 But God said to him, ‘(A)You fool! This very night [a](B)your soul is demanded of you; and (C)as for all that you have prepared, who will own it now?’

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  1. Luke 12:20 Lit they are demanding your soul from you

20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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