Study Desk

For whoever is joined to all the living, there is hope; for better a live dog, than a dead lion.

For the living know that they will die; but the dead ^(C1)do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their ^(C2)memory is forgotten.

Indeed their love, their hate, and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a ^(C1)share in all that is done under the sun.

Go then, ^(C1)eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.

See that your ^(C1)clothes are white all the time, and that there is no lack of ^(C2)oil on your head.

^(F1)Enjoy life with the wife whom you love all the days of your ^(C1)futile life which He has given you under the sun, ^(F2)all the days of your futility; for this is your ^(C2)reward in life and in your work which you have labored under the sun.

Whatever your hand finds to do, ^(C1)do it with all your might; for there is no ^(C2)activity, planning, knowledge, or wisdom in ^(C3)Sheol where you are going.