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!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath

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.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 27:22 Or He (that is, God); also verse 23
  2. Job 27:22 Or his; also verse 23

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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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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