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Ecclesiastes 5:17-20 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

17. We have to live our lives in darkness and grief, worried, angry, and sick.

18. This is what I have found out: the best thing anyone can do is to eat and drink and enjoy what he has worked for during the short life that God has given him; this is man's fate.

19. If God gives a man wealth and property and lets him enjoy them, he should be grateful and enjoy what he has worked for. It is a gift from God.

20. Since God has allowed him to be happy, he will not worry too much about how short life is.

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