Ben Sira 18:8

8 What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil?

Ben Sira 18:8 In-Context

6 It is not possible to diminish or increase them, nor is it possible to trace the wonders of the Lord.

7 When a man has finished, he is just beginning, and when he stops, he will be at a loss.

8 What is man, and of what use is he? What is his good and what is his evil?

9 The number of a man's days is great if he reaches a hundred years.

10 Like a drop of water from the sea and a grain of sand so are a few years in the day of eternity.