From PDF Ecclesiastes 5-9

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-\v 12 The sleep of a working man is sweet,
+\v 12 The sleep of a laborer is sweet,
 \q2 whether he eats little or a lot,
 \q1 but the wealth of a rich person does not allow him to sleep well.
 
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 \v 16 Another evil is
 \q1 that as a person comes, so he goes away.
-\q1 So what profit is there for him who works for the wind?
+\q1 So what profit is there for him who labors for the wind?
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 \v 17 During his days he eats with darkness
 \q2 and is greatly distressed with sickness and anger.
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 \v 18 Look, what I have seen to be good and suitable is for a person to eat and drink and to find enjoyment in his labor as he labors under the sun during the days of this life that God has given him. For this is man's assignment.
 
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-\v 19 Every person to whom God has given riches and wealth and the ability to receive his share and rejoice in his work—this is a gift from God.
+\v 19 Every person to whom God has given riches and wealth and the ability to receive his share and rejoice in his labor—this is a gift from God.
 \v 20 For he does not call to mind very often the days of his life, because God makes him keep busy with the things that he enjoys doing.
 
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-\v 7 All a man's work is for his mouth,
+\v 7 All a man's labor is for his mouth,
 \q2 yet his appetite is not satisfied.
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 \v 8 Indeed, what advantage has the wise person over the fool?
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 \q1 This also is meaningless—like chasing the wind.
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-\v 10 Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless to dispute with the one who is the mighty judge of all.
+\v 10 Whatever has existed has already been given its name, and what mankind is like has already been known. So it has become useless for a man to dispute with the one who is stronger than he is.
 
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 \q2 whose heart is full of snares and nets,
 \q2 and whose hands are chains.
 \q1 Whoever pleases God will escape from her,
-\q2 but the sinner will be taken by her.
+\q2 but the sinner will be caught by her.
 
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 \q1 No one is discharged from the army during a battle,
 \q2 and wickedness will not rescue those who are its slaves.
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-\v 9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person oppresses another person to that person's hurt. \f + \ft Some modern translations have \fqa to his own hurt \fqa* . \f*
+\v 9 I have realized all this; I have applied my heart to every kind of work that is done under the sun. There is a time when a person exercises authority over another person to that person's hurt. \f + \ft Some modern translations have \fqa to his own hurt \fqa* . \f*
 
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 \v 10 So I saw the wicked buried publicly. They were taken from the holy area and buried and were praised by people in the city where they had done their wicked deeds. This also is meaningless. \f + \ft Many modern translations have different interpretations of this difficult verse: \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They proudly spoke in the city about the things they had done. This also is meaningless \fqa* . Other modern translations have \fqa I saw wicked people come and go into the holy place. They were praised in the city for the things they had done. This also is meaningless \fqa* . \f*
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 \v 14 There is something else meaningless that is done on the earth: there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said this too is meaningless.
-\v 15 So I recommend happiness, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be happy. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
+\v 15 So I recommend enjoyment, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat and drink and to be merry. It is happiness that will accompany him in his labor for all the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
 
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 \v 16 When I applied my heart to know wisdom and to understand the work that is done on the earth, work often done without sleep for the eyes at night or in the day,
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 \q1 They will never have a place again
 \q2 in anything done under the sun.
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-\v 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of celebrating good works.
+\v 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, for God approves of your deeds.
 \v 8 Let your clothes be always white and your head anointed with oil.
 
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