Ecclesiastes 6:12

The Future Is Inscrutable To Humans

¹¹ Seeing there is much that increases futility, what outcome is there for man? ¹² For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

On Earth

Under the Sun

What is Good

In The Future

No

Job 14:2

He springs up like a flower and fades away. He is like a fleeting shadow and does not endure.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I see there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works. That is his portion. Who will bring him to see what will happen after him?

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Things will not go well with the wicked. He will not prolong his days. His days are like a shadow. He does not respect God.

James 4:14

You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? For you are a vapor (puff of air) that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.

1 Chronicles 29:15

You know, O Jehovah that we pass through life like exiles and strangers, as our ancestors did. Our days are like a passing shadow, and we cannot escape death.

Job 8:9

After all we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are a mere shadow.

Job 14:21

His sons are honored and he does not know it. They are brought low and he does not see it.

Psalm 4:6

Many are saying: Who will show us good? Lift up the light of your countenance (face) (presence) upon us, O Jehovah!

Psalm 16:5

Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. You determine my position in life.

Psalm 17:15

I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.

Psalm 39:5-6

Indeed, you have made the length of my days very short. My life span is nothing compared to yours. Certainly, everyone alive is like a whisper in the wind.

Psalm 47:4

He chooses our inheritance for us, the grandeur (excellency) (glory) of Jacob whom he loves.

Psalm 89:47

Remember how short my life span is! Have you created the sons of men for no reason?

Psalm 90:10-12

The days of our lives are seventy or eighty years if we are in good health. But the best of them bring trouble and misery. Indeed, they are soon gone, and we fly away.

Psalm 102:11

My days are like a lengthened shadow and I wither away like grass.

Psalm 109:23

I fade away like a lengthening shadow. I have been shaken off like a grasshopper.

Psalm 144:4

Man is like a mere breath. His days are like a passing shadow.

Ecclesiastes 2:3

I searched in my mind how to stimulate my flesh with wine. My mind guided my heart with wisdom. I possessed foolishness until I could see what was good for the sons of men. I saw what they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

Ecclesiastes 8:7

For he does not know what will be and who can tell him how and when it will be?

Ecclesiastes 9:6

Their love, their hatred, and their envy, is now gone, perished! They do not share anything that is done under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Respect God, and obey his commandments for this is the whole duty of man.

Lamentations 3:24-27

I said to myself, Jehovah is my heritage. For this reason I will hope in him.

Micah 6:8

He told you, O lowly man, what is good and what Jehovah requires of you. You should display justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with your God!