Ecclesiastes 9:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her. This is what you are supposed to do as you struggle through life on this earth.

Cross References

Genesis 26:8

After Isaac had been there a long time, King Abimelech looked out of a window and saw Isaac hugging and kissing Rebekah.

Psalm 144:4

We disappear like a breath; we last no longer than a faint shadow.

Psalm 39:5

You made my life short, so brief that the time means nothing to you. “Human life is but a breath,

Proverbs 18:22

A man's greatest treasure is his wife— she is a gift from the LORD.

Proverbs 19:14

You may inherit all you own from your parents, but a sensible wife is a gift from the LORD.

Ecclesiastes 2:10

I got whatever I wanted and did whatever made me happy. But most of all, I enjoyed my work.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working. I believe these are God's gifts to us,

Ecclesiastes 3:13

because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

We were meant to enjoy our work, and that's the best thing we can do. We can never know the future.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

What is the best thing to do in the short life that God has given us? I think we should enjoy eating, drinking, and working hard. This is what God intends us to do.

Ecclesiastes 6:12

Life is short and meaningless, and it fades away like a shadow. Who knows what is best for us? Who knows what will happen after we are gone?

Ecclesiastes 7:15

I have seen everything during this senseless life of mine. I have seen good citizens die for doing the right thing, and I have seen criminals live to a ripe old age.

Malachi 2:15

Didn't God create you to become like one person with your wife? And why did he do this? It was so you would have children, and then lead them to become God's people. Don't ever be unfaithful to your wife.