Ecclesiastes 5:16-18

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ This also is a sickening evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So ^(A)what is the advantage to him who ^(B)labors for the wind? ¹⁷ Also, all his days ^(C)he eats in darkness with ^(D)much vexation, and his sickness and anger.

¹⁸ Here is what I have seen to be ^(E)good, which is ^[a]beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his ^(F)portion.