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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  1. Psalm 39:6 Lit an image

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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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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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:21 Lit share

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

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