“Certainly, man walks about like a mere shadow.
Indeed, they frantically rush around in vain,
gathering possessions
without knowing who will get them.(A)

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“Surely everyone goes around(A) like a mere phantom;(B)
    in vain they rush about,(C) heaping up wealth(D)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.(E)

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The Emptiness of Work

18 I hated all my work that I labored at under the sun(A) because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.(B) 19 And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool?(C) Yet he will take over all my work that I labored at skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.

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18 I hated all the things I had toiled for under the sun, because I must leave them to the one who comes after me.(A) 19 And who knows whether that person will be wise or foolish?(B) Yet they will have control over all the fruit of my toil into which I have poured my effort and skill under the sun. This too is meaningless.

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life is demanded of you. And the things you have prepared—whose will they be?’(B)

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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)

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