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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.

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11 The more the words,
    the less the meaning,
    and how does that profit anyone?

12 For who knows what is good for a person in life, during the few and meaningless days(A) they pass through like a shadow?(B) Who can tell them what will happen under the sun after they are gone?

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