Ecclesiastes 6:12

Conservative English Version

Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?

Cross References

1 Chronicles 29:15

We are only foreigners living here on earth for a while, just as our ancestors were. And we will soon be gone, like a shadow that suddenly disappears.

Job 14:2

We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.

Job 14:21

We never live to know if our children are praised or disgraced.

Job 8:9

Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow, and we know very little.

Psalm 102:11

My life fades like a shadow at the end of day and withers like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I am fading away like an evening shadow; I am tossed aside like a crawling insect.

Psalm 144:4

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Psalm 16:5

You, LORD, are all I want! You are my choice, and you keep me safe.

Psalm 17:15

I am innocent, LORD, and I will see your face! When I awake, all I want is to see you as you are.

Psalm 4:6

There are some who ask, "Who will be good to us?" Let your kindness, LORD, shine brightly on us.

Psalm 47:4

and he chose for us the land that was the pride of Jacob, his favorite.

Psalm 89:47

Remember, life is short! Why did you empty our lives of all meaning?

Ecclesiastes 10:14

They never tire of talking, but none of us really know what the future will bring.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Everything you were taught can be put into a few words: Respect and obey God! This is what life is all about.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God's gifts to us,

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I wanted to find out what was best for us during the short time we have on this earth. So I decided to make myself happy with wine and find out what it means to be foolish, without really being foolish myself.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future.

Ecclesiastes 6:11

The more we talk, the less sense we make, so what good does it do to talk?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, and I have seen criminals live to a ripe old age.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

but no one who sins and rejects God will prosper or live very long.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

though no one can tell the future.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their loves, their hates, and their jealous feelings have all disappeared with them. They will never again take part in anything that happens on this earth.

Ecclesiastes 9:9

Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her. This is what you are supposed to do as you struggle through life on this earth.

Micah 6:8

The LORD God has told us what is right and what he demands: "See that justice is done, let mercy be your first concern, and humbly obey your God."

James 4:14

What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be so sure about your life? It is nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.