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Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
New American Standard Bible
16 This also is a sickening evil: exactly as a person [a]is born, so will he [b]die. (A)What then is the advantage for him who (B)labors for the wind? 17 All his life (C)he also eats in darkness with (D)great irritation, sickness, and anger.
18 Here is what I have seen to be (E)good and [c]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [d]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few [e]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [f](F)reward.
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- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit comes
- Ecclesiastes 5:16 Lit go
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit beautiful
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit see good
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or days
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or share
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