Ecclesiastes 9:2-10

2 aIt is the same for all, since bthe same event happens to the righteous and the wicked, to the good and the evil,
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks  and the evil
to the clean and the unclean, to him who sacrifices and him who does not sacrifice. As the good one is, so is the sinner, and he who dswears is as he who shuns an oath.
3This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that ethe same event happens to all. Also, the hearts of the children of man are full of evil, and fmadness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 4But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion. 5For the living know that they will die, but gthe dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for hthe memory of them is forgotten. 6Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

Enjoy Life with the One You Love

7Go, ieat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.

8 jLet your garments be always white. Let not koil be lacking on your head.

9Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your lvain
The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your nportion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
10Whatever your hand finds to do, odo it with your might,
Or  finds to do with your might, do it
qfor there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

Copyright information for ESV