King James Version (KJV)
Ecclesiastes 5:20
“For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.”
Verse in context — Ecclesiastes 5
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Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
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Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this [is] the gift of God.
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For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.
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