Ecclesiastes 6:12
Ecclesiastes · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?”Ecclesiastes 6:12
What Does Ecclesiastes 6:12 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 6:12 is found in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 6, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Death & Afterlife.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ecclesiastes 6:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ecclesiastes 12:13“Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.”James 4:14“Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.”Job 14:2“He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.”Ecclesiastes 1:4“One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.”Ecclesiastes 3:22“Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?”Ecclesiastes 9:9“Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.”Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.”Psalms 144:4“Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.”Ecclesiastes 7:15“All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.”Ecclesiastes 8:13“But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.”Psalms 39:5“Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.”Ecclesiastes 10:14“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?”1 Chronicles 29:15“For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.”Job 8:9“(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)”Ecclesiastes 8:7“For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?”Job 14:21“His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.”Psalms 4:6“There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.”Psalms 17:15“As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.”Psalms 90:10“The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”Psalms 102:11“My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass.”
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