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Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
Revised Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
Revised Standard Version
16 This also is a grievous evil: just as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he that he toiled for the wind, 17 and spent all his days in darkness and grief,[a] in much vexation and sickness and resentment?
18 Behold, what I have seen to be good and to be fitting is to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life which God has given him, for this is his lot.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:17 Gk: Heb all his days also he eats in darkness
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