Verse 9
Ecclesiastes 9:9
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
9
Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.
Original Language Text
hebrew
רְאֵ֨ה חַיִּ֜ים עִם אִשָּׁ֣ה אֲשֶׁר אָהַ֗בְתָּ כָּל יְמֵי֙ חַיֵּ֣י הֶבְלֶ֔/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָֽתַן לְ/ךָ֙ תַּ֣חַת הַ/שֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֣י הֶבְלֶ֑/ךָ כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חֶלְקְ/ךָ֙ בַּֽ/חַיִּ֔ים וּ/בַ/עֲמָ֣לְ/ךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּ֥ה עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַ/שָּֽׁמֶשׁ
English Translation
See life with the woman whom you have loved all the days of your fleeting life that he has given you under the sun all the days of your fleeting life, because it is your portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
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