Go then, (A)eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. See that your (B)clothes are white all the time, and that there is no lack of (C)oil on your head. [a]Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your (D)futile life which He has given you under the sun, [b]all the days of your futility; for this is your (E)reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit See
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:9 all...your futility not found in some ancient versions

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