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

For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

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

Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

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

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

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

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.