¹⁸ Here is what I have seen to be ^(A)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 ^(B)portion.

¹⁵ So I laud gladness, for there is nothing good for ^(A)a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to ^[a]be merry, and this will join with him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.