Psalm 39:6
English Standard Version
6 Surely a man (A)goes about as a shadow!
Surely for nothing[a] they are in turmoil;
man (B)heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
Footnotes
- Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath
Job 27:17-22
English Standard Version
17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,
and (A)the innocent will divide the silver.
18 He builds his (B)house like a moth's,
like (C)a booth that (D)a watchman makes.
19 He goes to bed rich, but will (E)do so no more;
he opens his eyes, and (F)his wealth is gone.
20 (G)Terrors overtake him like (H)a flood;
in the night a whirlwind (I)carries him off.
21 (J)The east wind lifts him up and he is gone;
it (K)sweeps him out of his place.
22 It[a] hurls at him (L)without pity;
he flees from its[b] power in headlong flight.
Job 27:17-22
New International Version
17 what he lays up(A) the righteous will wear,(B)
and the innocent will divide his silver.(C)
18 The house(D) he builds is like a moth’s cocoon,(E)
like a hut(F) made by a watchman.
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;(G)
when he opens his eyes, all is gone.(H)
20 Terrors(I) overtake him like a flood;(J)
a tempest snatches him away in the night.(K)
21 The east wind(L) carries him off, and he is gone;(M)
it sweeps him out of his place.(N)
22 It hurls itself against him without mercy(O)
as he flees headlong(P) from its power.(Q)
Ecclesiastes 2:18
English Standard Version
The Vanity of Toil
18 I hated (A)all my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that 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 2:21
English Standard Version
21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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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.
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