Ecclesiastes 5:18 meaning and explanation

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 5:18, Berean Standard Bible

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The Teacher, the voice of this book, has just traced the misery of hoarded wealth and the certainty that no one carries anything out of life. Speaking to the assembly gathered to hear wisdom, he now names what he has found good and fitting: simple food and drink, and satisfaction in one's work.

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