But at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you,[a](A) and they will search your palace and your servants’ houses. They will lay their hands on and take away whatever is precious to you.’”

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  1. 20:6 Lit take all the delight of your eyes

But about this time tomorrow I am going to send my officials to search your palace and the houses of your officials. They will seize everything you value and carry it away.’”

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18 Let your fountain be blessed,
and take pleasure in the wife of your youth.(A)

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18 May your fountain(A) be blessed,
    and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth.(B)

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Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting[a] life,(A) which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle(B) under the sun.

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  1. 9:9 Or futile

Enjoy life with your wife,(A) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(B) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

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10 I am my love’s,
and his desire(A) is for me.(B)

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10 I belong to my beloved,
    and his desire(A) is for me.(B)

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