At all times let thy garments be [a]white, and let not oil be lacking upon thine head.

[b](A)Rejoice with the wife whom thou hast loved all the days of the life of thy vanity, which God hath given thee under the sun all the days of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in the life, and in thy travail wherein thou laborest under the sun.

10 All that thine hand shall find to do, do it with all thy power: for there is neither work nor invention, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:8 Rejoice, be merry, and spare for no cost, thus speak the wicked belly-gods.
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Hebrew, regard the life.

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