⁹ Enjoy life with your wife,^(A) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot^(B) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun.

¹⁴ You ask,^(A) “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness^(B) between you and the wife of your youth.^(C) You have been unfaithful to her, though she is your partner, the wife of your marriage covenant.^(D)

¹⁵ Has not the one God made you?^(E) You belong to him in body and spirit. And what does the one God seek? Godly offspring.^[a](F) So be on your guard,^(G) and do not be unfaithful^(H) to the wife of your youth.