New English Translation

Ecclesiastes 9:5-8 New English Translation (NET)

5. For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything;they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears.

6. What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago,and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth.

7. Go, eat your food with joy,and drink your wine with a happy heart,because God has already approved your works.

8. Let your clothes always be white,and do not spare precious ointment on your head.