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ESV — Psalm 39:6; Job 27:17-22; Ecclesiastes 2:18; Ecclesiastes 2:21

Surely a man egoes about as a shadow!

Surely for nothing1 they are in turmoil;

man fheaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!

Footnotes

[1] 39:6 Hebrew Surely as a breath

17 he may pile it up, but the righteous will wear it,

and kthe innocent will divide the silver.

18 He builds his lhouse like a moth's,

like ma booth that na watchman makes.

19 He goes to bed rich, but will odo so no more;

he opens his eyes, and phis wealth is gone.

20 qTerrors overtake him like ra flood;

in the night a whirlwind scarries him off.

21 tThe east wind lifts him up and he is gone;

it usweeps him out of his place.

22 It1 hurls at him vwithout pity;

he flees from its2 power in headlong flight.

Footnotes

[1] 27:22 Or He (that is, God); also verse 23
[2] 27:22 Or his; also verse 23

The Vanity of Toil

18 I hated yall my toil in which I toil under the sun, seeing that I must zleave it to the man who will come after me,

21 because sometimes a person who has toiled with wisdom and knowledge and skill must leave everything to be enjoyed by someone who did not toil for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.