Ecclesiastes 11:2

2 aGive a portion to bseven, or even to eight,
cfor you know not what disaster may happen on earth.

Ecclesiastes 11:8

8So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember dthat the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is evanity.
The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verse 10 (see note on 1:2)


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