Ecclesiastes 8:13-15

New International Reader's Version

¹³ Sinful people don’t respect God. So things won’t go well with them. Like a shadow, they won’t be around very long.

¹⁴ Here’s something else on this earth that doesn’t have any meaning. Sometimes godly people get what sinful people should receive. And sinful people get what godly people should receive. Here’s what I’m telling you. That doesn’t have any meaning either. ¹⁵ So I advise everyone to enjoy life. A person on this earth can’t do anything better than eat and drink and be glad. Then they will enjoy their work. They’ll be happy all the days of the life God has given them on earth.