18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink<cr>1</cr> and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor<cr>2</cr> under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

 18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink   and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor   under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

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 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink  and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor  under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:18 NIV

Ecclesiastes 5:18 NIV

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