22 I have seen that (A)nothing is better than when a person is happy in his activities, for that is his [a]lot. For who will bring him to see (B)what will occur after him?

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  1. Ecclesiastes 3:22 Or reward

18 Here is what I have seen to be (A)good and [a]fitting: to eat, to drink, and [b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he labors under the sun during the few [c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his [d](B)reward.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit beautiful
  2. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Lit see good
  3. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or days
  4. Ecclesiastes 5:18 Or share

[a]Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your (A)futile life which He has given you under the sun, [b]all the days of your futility; for this is your (B)reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Lit See
  2. Ecclesiastes 9:9 all...your futility not found in some ancient versions

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