15 And this also is an evil sickness, that in all points as he came, so shall he go, and what profit hath he that he hath travailed for the [a]wind?

16 Also all his days he eateth in [b]darkness with much grief, and in his sorrow and anger.

17 Behold then, what I have seen good, that it is comely to [c]eat, and to drink, and to take pleasure in all his labor, wherein he travaileth under the sun, the whole number of the days of his life, which God giveth him: for this is his portion.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 5:15 Meaning, in vain, and without profit.
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:16 In affliction and grief of mind.
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:17 Read Eccl. 3:22.

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