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Ecclesiastes 5:17-19
New Catholic Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:17-19
New Catholic Bible
17 The Happiness Suitable for Humans. This is the conclusion I have reached: it is fitting for a man to eat and drink and find satisfaction in the results of his labors under the sun during the brief span of life that God has allotted him. 18 Moreover, the one to whom God grants wealth and possessions and the ability to enjoy them and to find contentment in his toil receives a gift from God. 19 For it is unlikely that he will brood about the passing years inasmuch as God keeps his heart filled with joy.[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 5:19 See note on Eccl 2:24-26.