22 I have seen that (A)nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see (B)what will occur after him?

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18 Here is what I have seen to be (A)good and [a]fitting: to eat, to drink and [b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few [c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [d](B)reward.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit beautiful
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit see good
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or days
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or share

Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your [a](A)fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun[b]; for this is your (B)reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit life of vanity
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Heb adds all the days of your vanity