¹² For who knows what is good for anyone in life, in the few days of his futile life that he spends like a shadow?^(A) Who can tell anyone what will happen after him under the sun?

⁹ Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting^[a] life,^(A) which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle^(B) under the sun.