⁹ Enjoy life with the wife you love all the days of your fleeting^[a] life,^(A) which has been given to you under the sun, all your fleeting days. For that is your portion in life and in your struggle^(B) under the sun.

¹⁴ Yet you ask, “For what reason?” Because the Lord has been a witness^(A) between you and the wife of your youth.^(B) You have acted treacherously against her, though she was your marriage partner^(C) and your wife by covenant.^(D)