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14 and that wealth perished in a business of evil, and he begets a son, and there is not anything in his hand. 15 As he came forth from the womb of his mother naked, shall he return, to go as he came, and he shall carry nothing for his toil to go in his hand. 16 And this also is a sickening evil: Exactly as, he came, so shall he go, and what profit is for him who has toiled for the wind? 17 Even all his days he will eat in darkness, and having sorrow abounding, and sickness and anger. 18 Behold what I have seen to be good, that which is beautiful: To eat and to drink and to see good in all his toil that he toils under the sun all the days his life that God has given to him, for it is his portion. 19 Also every man for whom God has given to him riches and wealth, and given him power to eat from it and to receive his portion and to rejoice in his toil—this, it is a gift of God. 20 For he shall not much remember the days of his life, because God occupies him with the joy of his heart. Ecclesiastes 5:14-20, Berean Literal Bible. Public domain.
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