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13 There is an evil making sick I saw under the sun: riches watched to its owners for their evil. 14 And those riches shall perish by evil labor: and he begetting a son, and not anything in his hand. 15 According as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked he shall turn back to go as he came, and he shall not take away anything in his labor that shall go in his hand. 16 And also this an evil making sick, wholly as he came so shall he go: and what to him he shall labor for the wind? 17 Also all his days in darkness shall he eat, and much vexation and his sickness and his anger. 18 Behold, what I saw: good, which is beautiful to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he will labor under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God gave to him; for this his portion. 19 Also every man which God gave to him wealth and riches, and permitted him to eat from it, and to lift up his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this the gift of God himself. 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life; for God humbles him in the gladness of his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:13-20, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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