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Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ecclesiastes 5:16-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
16 This also is a grievous ill: just as they came, so shall they go, and what gain do they have from toiling for the wind?(A) 17 Besides, all their days they eat in darkness, in much anger and sickness and resentment.(B)
18 This is what I have seen to be good: it is fitting to eat and drink and find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of the life God gives us, for this is our lot.(C)
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