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Ecclesiastes 5:16-20

5:16

And this
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also [is] a sore
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evil
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[that] in all points
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as he came
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so shall he go
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and what profit
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hath he that hath laboured
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for the wind
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5:17

All his days
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also he eateth
<0398> (8799)

in darkness
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and [he hath] much
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sorrow
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and wrath
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with his sickness
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5:18

Behold [that] which I have seen
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[it is] good
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and comely
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[for one] to eat
<0398> (8800)

and to drink
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and to enjoy
<07200> (8800)

the good
<02896>

of all his labour
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that he taketh
<05998> (8799)

under the sun
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all
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the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_,

which God
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giveth
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him: for it [is] his portion
<02506>_.

{It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

5:19

Every man
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also to whom God
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hath given
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riches
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and wealth
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and hath given him power
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to eat
<0398> (8800)

thereof, and to take
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his portion
<02506>_,

and to rejoice
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in his labour
<05999>_;

this
<02090>

[is] the gift
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of God
<0430>_.

5:20

For he shall not much
<07235> (8687)

remember
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the days
<03117>

of his life
<02416>_;

because God
<0430>

answereth
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[him] in the joy
<08057>

of his heart
<03820>_.

{For...: or, Though he give not much, yet he remembereth, etc}