¹² I know that nothing is ^(A)better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives,

¹³ and also that ^(A)every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.

¹⁸ Here is what I have seen: ^(A)It is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which God gives him; ^(B)for it is his ^[a]heritage.

¹² For who knows what is good for man in life, ^[a]all the days of his ^[b]vain life which he passes like ^(A)a shadow? ^(B)Who can tell a man what will happen after him under the sun?