14
Do not deprive yourself of a day's enjoyment; do not let your share of desired good pass by you.
15
Will you not leave the fruit of your labors to another, and what you acquired by toil to be divided by lot?
16
Give, and take, and indulge yourself, because in Hades one cannot look for luxury.
17
All living beings become old like a garment, for the decree from of old is, "You must die!"
18
Like abundant leaves on a spreading tree that sheds some and puts forth others, so are the generations of flesh and blood: one dies and another is born.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.