Ecclesiastes 9:5-9
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5 The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no more reward, and even the memory of them is lost.(A) 6 Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished; never again will they have any share in all that happens under the sun.(B)
7 Go, eat your bread with enjoyment and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has long ago approved what you do.(C) 8 Let your garments always be white; do not let oil be lacking on your head.(D) 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life that are given you under the sun,[a] because that is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.(E)
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- 9.9 Cn: Heb sun, all the days of your vanity
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