22 So I saw that there is (A)nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his work, for (B)that is his lot. Who can bring him to see (C)what will be after him?

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18 Behold, what I have seen to be (A)good and fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his (B)lot.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or and see good

Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your (A)vain[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your (B)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)

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