Ecclesiastes 6:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

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.

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.

Job 14:2

We are flowers that fade and shadows that vanish.

Psalm 144:4

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

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.

Job 8:9

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

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.

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 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 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.

Psalm 109:23

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

Psalm 102:11

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

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.

Job 14:21

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

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.”

Psalm 89:47

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

Psalm 47:4

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

Psalm 16:5

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

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 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, while criminals live and prosper.

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.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

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