Ecclesiastes 8:14-16

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¹⁴ But this is something else that is difficult to understand: Sometimes righteous people suffer in the way the wicked people deserve. And sometimes wicked people enjoy the good things that righteous people deserve. I think that this is difficult to understand.

Enjoy life

¹⁵ So I think that we should enjoy our lives. People should be happy to eat, drink and enjoy their lives. That is the best thing for them to do. It will help them to enjoy the work that they do during their lives. That is the life which God has given them on the earth.

¹⁶ I tried very much to become wise. I wanted to understand the things that people do on the earth. People work in the day and in the night and they do not sleep.