Ecclesiastes 6:12 (Brenton): What advantage has a man? For who knows what is good for a man in his life, During the number of the life of the days of his vanity? And he has spent them as a shadow; For who shall tell a man What shall be after him under the sun?
Septuagint (LXX) interlinear — Ecclesiastes 6:12
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- ὅτι hoti For that, since conjunction G3754
- τίς tis what who, which pronoun, interrogative/indefinite, Nom Sing Masc G5101
- οἶδεν oiden aware verb, Perf Act Ind 3rd Sing G435230
- τί ti What who, which pronoun, interrogative/indefinite, Acc Sing Neut G5101
- ἀγαθὸν agathon good good adjective, Acc Sing Neut G18
- τῷ to the the pronoun, article, Dat Sing Masc G3588
- ἀνθρώπῳ anthropo man a man, one of the human race noun, Dat Sing Masc G444
- ἐν en in in, on preposition G1722
- τῇ te the the pronoun, article, Dat Sing Fem G3588
- ζωῇ zoe life life noun, Dat Sing Fem G2222
- ἀριθμὸν arithmon number a number, total noun, Acc Sing Masc G706
- ἡμερῶν hemeron days a day noun, Gen Plur Fem G2250
- ζωῆς zoes life life noun, Gen Sing Fem G2222
- ματαιότητος mataiotetos vanity vanity, purposelessness noun, Gen Sing Fem G3153
- αὐτοῦ autou his he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Gen Sing Masc G846
- καὶ kai And and, even conjunction G2532
- ἐποίησεν epoiesen do, make verb, Aor Act Ind 3rd Sing G4160
- αὐτὰς autas them he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Acc Plur Fem G846
- ἐν en in in, on preposition G1722
- σκιᾷ skia shadow a shadow, thick darkness noun, Dat Sing Fem G4639
- ὅτι hoti For that, since conjunction G3754
- τίς tis What who, which pronoun, interrogative/indefinite, Nom Sing Masc G5101
- ἀπαγγελεῖ apangelei tell report, bring a report verb, Fut Act Ind 3rd Sing G518
- τῷ to the the pronoun, article, Dat Sing Masc G3588
- ἀνθρώπῳ anthropo man a man, one of the human race noun, Dat Sing Masc G444
- τί ti What who, which pronoun, interrogative/indefinite, Acc Sing Neut G5101
- ἔσται estai has am, exist verb, Fut Mid Ind 3rd Sing G1510
- ὀπίσω opiso after behind, after adverb G3694
- αὐτοῦ autou him he, she pronoun, demonstrative, Gen Sing Masc G846
- ὑπὸ hupo under by, under preposition G5259
- τὸν ton the the pronoun, article, Acc Sing Masc G3588
- ἥλιον helion sun the sun, sunlight noun, Acc Sing Masc G2246
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