Ecclesiastes 9:7-12
New International Version
7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do. 8 Always be clothed in white,(C) and always anoint your head with oil. 9 Enjoy life with your wife,(D) whom you love, all the days of this meaningless life that God has given you under the sun—all your meaningless days. For this is your lot(E) in life and in your toilsome labor under the sun. 10 Whatever(F) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(G) for in the realm of the dead,(H) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(I)
11 I have seen something else under the sun:
The race is not to the swift
or the battle to the strong,(J)
nor does food come to the wise(K)
or wealth to the brilliant
or favor to the learned;
but time and chance(L) happen to them all.(M)
12 Moreover, no one knows when their hour will come:
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