9:9a Enjoy life with your beloved wife

You love your wife. So enjoy life with her. (New International Reader’s Version)
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Live happily with your beloved wife
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Love your wife and enjoy your life together with her. (EEB)

9:9b all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days.

Enjoy all the days of your pointless life which He has given you under the sun, all your pointless days.
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through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. (New Living Translation (2004))
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Life is short. ⌊So enjoy⌋ each day of this brief life that God has given you in this world.

9:9a-b (reordered)

Life is short, and you love your wife, so enjoy being with her. (Contemporary English Version)
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Love your wife and enjoy with her the short and pointless life that God gives you.

9:9c For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

⌊Do this⌋ because that is what you have ⌊to enjoy⌋ while you spend your life working hard in this world.
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The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil. (New Living Translation (2004))

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