Job 7:6 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 6 My days go by more quickly than a weaver’s shuttle,+And they come to an end without hope.+ Ecclesiastes 2:21 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 21 For a man may work hard, guided by wisdom and knowledge and skill, but he must hand over his portion* to a man who did not work for it.+ This too is futility and a great tragedy.* Romans 8:20 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures 20 For the creation was subjected to futility,+ not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope
21 For a man may work hard, guided by wisdom and knowledge and skill, but he must hand over his portion* to a man who did not work for it.+ This too is futility and a great tragedy.*
20 For the creation was subjected to futility,+ not by its own will, but through the one who subjected it, on the basis of hope