Ecclesiastes 8:14-16

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴ There is a futility that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the actions of the wicked deserve,^(A) and there are wicked people who get what the actions of the righteous deserve.^(B) I say that this too is futile. ¹⁵ So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,^(C) for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

¹⁶ When I applied my mind to know wisdom^(D) and to observe the activity that is done on the earth (even though one’s eyes do not close in sleep day or night),