Ecclesiastes 6:10-12

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¹⁰ Everything that is here today already has its name.
    Everyone knows what we humans are like.
It is useless to argue with someone who is more powerful than we are.
¹¹ If we talk too much,
    we will say silly things.
So it will not help anyone to talk with many words.
¹² Nobody knows the best way for us to live our lives.
We live for only a few years
    and our lives seem to have no purpose.
Our lives quickly disappear, like a shadow.
    Nobody can tell us what will happen on the earth after our death.