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14 What Constitutes Happiness.[a] Another vanity that takes place on earth is that sometimes righteous people are treated as though they had acted in an evil way, and wicked people are treated as though they had lived righteous lives. This too, I say, is vanity. 15 Therefore, I commend enjoyment, since there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. This is his reward for his toil during the days of life that God grants him under the sun.

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16 The Claims of a Wise Man. Having pursued my goal to acquire wisdom and to observe the tasks undertaken on earth by man, whose eyes do not find rest either by day or by night,

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  1. Ecclesiastes 8:14 Since things are the way they are and situations are such as we have just understood them, we must accept the modest joy of each day rather than becoming weary in trying to investigate the merits and demerits of human beings. See also note on Eccl 2:24-26.