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Douay-Rheims
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Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of thy unsteady life, which are given to thee under the sun, all the time of thy vanity: for this is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherewith thou labourest under the sun.
King James
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Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
Louis Second
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Jouis de la vie avec la femme que tu aimes, pendant tous les jours de ta vie de vanité, que Dieu t'a donnés sous le soleil, pendant tous les jours de ta vanité; car c'est ta part dans la vie, au milieu de ton travail que tu fais sous le soleil
Martin Luther
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Brauche des Lebens mit deinem Weibe, das du lieb hast, solange du das eitle Leben hast, das dir GOtt unter der Sonne gegeben hat, solange dein eitel Leben währet; denn das ist dein Teil im Leben und in deiner Arbeit, die du tust unter der Sonne.
Vulgate
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perfruere vita cum uxore quam diligis cunctis diebus vitae instabilitatis tuae qui dati sunt tibi sub sole omni tempore vanitatis tuae haec est enim pars in vita et in labore tuo quod laboras sub sole

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


vita : life, way of life.
cum : (with indicative) when.
cum : (prep + abl.) with.
cum : (with subjunctive) when, as, while, since, although.
quam : (fem. sing. acc.) (the church), WHICH the Lord loved.
quam : (adv. and conj.) how, than, as .. as possible.
qui : quae : que : quod : which, what, that.
qui : (masc. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (men) WHO have eyes to see..
qui : (masc. neut. nom.) (the prince) WHO loved a milkmaid.
qui : (question) how? in what way? / somehow / wherewith.
tibi : (dat.) you /i can't give YOU anything but love, baby.
sub : (+ acc. or dat.) under, up under, close to, beneath, below.
enim : in fact, truly, indeed.
enim : for, in fact, truly (may often be omitted).
pars : partis : part, share /direction.
pars : side, region.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.
quod : (neut. sing. acc.) (the sea), WHICH you cannot drink dry.
quod : (+ comparative) the x the better (quod celior = the faster the.
quod : (beginning sentence) and, but, now.
quod : (neut. sing. nom.) (the war), WHICH killed so many.
quod : (with time) since, as far as, to the extent that.
quod : because, whereas, the point that, the fact that.