⁸ Always be clothed in white,^(A) and always anoint your head with oil. ⁹ Enjoy life with your wife,^(B) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot^(C) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. ¹⁰ Whatever^(D) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,^(E) for in the realm of the dead,^(F) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.^(G)