Ecclesiastes 5:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ It isn't right! We go just as we came. We labor, trying to catch the wind, and what do we get? ¹⁷ We get to live our lives in darkness and grief,^[a] worried, angry, and sick.

¹⁸ Here is what I have found out: the best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for during the short life that God has given us; this is our fate.