Ecclesiastes 6:12 Hebrew Word Analysis

0כִּ֣יh3588
1מִֽיh4310
2For who knowethיוֹדֵעַ֩h3045
3מַהh4100
4what is goodטּ֨וֹבh2896
16a manלָֽאָדָ֔םh120
9in this lifeחַיֵּ֥יh2416
7allמִסְפַּ֛רh4557
8the daysיְמֵיh3117
9in this lifeחַיֵּ֥יh2416
10of his vainהֶבְל֖וֹh1892
11which he spendethוְיַעֲשֵׂ֣םh6213
12as a shadowכַּצֵּ֑לh6738
13אֲשֶׁר֙h834
14מִֽיh4310
15for who can tellיַגִּ֣ידh5046
16a manלָֽאָדָ֔םh120
17מַהh4100
18יִּהְיֶ֥הh1961
19what shall be afterאַחֲרָ֖יוh310
20תַּ֥חַתh8478
21him under the sunהַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃h8121

Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)

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?

American Standard Version (ASV)

For who knoweth what is good for man in `his' 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?

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Who is able to say what is good for man in life all the days of his foolish life which he goes through like a shade? who will say what is to be after him under the sun?

Darby English Bible (DBY)

For who knoweth what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell man what shall be after him under the sun?

World English Bible (WEB)

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

For who knoweth what `is' good for a man in life, the number of the days of the life of his vanity, and he maketh them as a shadow? for who declareth to man what is after him under the sun?