Darby Translation 1890

Ecclesiastes 5:16-20 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

16. And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came so doth he go away, and what profit hath he, in having laboured for the wind?

17. All his days also he eateth in darkness, and hath much vexation, and sickness, and irritation.

18. Behold what I have seen good and comely: it is to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith man laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for that is his portion.

19. Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and power to eat thereof, and to take his portion and to rejoice in his labour: that is a gift of God

20. For he will not much remember the days of his life, because God answereth him with the joy of his heart.