⁹ Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting^[a] life,^(A) which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle^(B) under the sun.

¹⁴ And you ask, “Why?” Because even though the Lord has been a witness^(A) between you and the wife of your youth,^(B) you have acted treacherously against her. She was your marriage partner^(C) and your wife by covenant.^(D)