Ecclesiastes 6:12 meaning and explanation

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 6:12, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, the voice of this book, closes chapter 6 with two questions that gather up everything he has observed. Life is described as fleeting, literally a breath or vapor, and passing like a shadow.

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