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10 Whatever exists already has its name,[a] and it is already known what man is. He is not able to win in court against one who is stronger than he is.[b]

11 Yes, the more words,[c] the more vapor. What advantage does a man have?

12 For who knows what is good for a man in life, in the few days of his life, that vanishes like vapor, that passes like a shadow?[d] Who will tell the man what will be after him, under the sun?

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Or already has been determined
  2. Ecclesiastes 6:10 Or the One who is stronger than he is
  3. Ecclesiastes 6:11 Or the more things
  4. Ecclesiastes 6:12 Or which God makes like a shadow