Psalm 39:6
New American Standard Bible
6 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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- Psalm 39:6 Lit an image
Psalm 39:6
King James Version
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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Ecclesiastes 2:18
New American Standard Bible
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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Ecclesiastes 2:18
New International Version
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)
Ecclesiastes 2:18
King James Version
18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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Ecclesiastes 2:21
New American Standard Bible
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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- Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share
Ecclesiastes 2:21
New International Version
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:21
King James Version
21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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Luke 12:20
New American Standard Bible
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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- Luke 12:20 Lit they are demanding your soul from you
Luke 12:20
New International Version
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)
Luke 12:20
King James Version
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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