Bible in Basic English
"Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil."
— Ecclesiastes 9:8, Bible in Basic English
“Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.”
“Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil. ”
“At all times let thy garments be white, and let not oil depart from thy head.”
“Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.”
The living are conscious that death will come to them, but the dead are not conscious of anything, and they no longer have a reward, because there is no memory of them.
Their love and their hate and their envy are now ended; and they have no longer a part for ever in anything which is done under the sun.
Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.
Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.
Have joy with the woman of your love all the days of your foolish life which he gives you under the sun. Because that is your part in life and in your work which you do under the sun.
Whatever comes to your hand to do with all your power, do it because there is no work, or thought, or knowledge, or wisdom in the place of the dead to which you are going.
And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.