Let your clothes be white all the time, and never let oil be lacking on your head.(A) Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting[a] life,(B) which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle(C) under the sun. 10 Whatever your hands find to do, do with all your strength,(D) because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or wisdom(E) in Sheol where you are going.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 9:9 Or futile

Always be clothed in white,(A) and always anoint your head with oil. Enjoy life with your wife,(B) 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(C) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever(D) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(E) for in the realm of the dead,(F) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(G)

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