# Live happily with the wife whom you love

One should love the wife he has. AT: "Since you have a wife whom you love, live happily with her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# under the sun

This refers to things that are done on earth. See how you translated this in [Ecclesiastes 1:3](../01/01.md). AT: "on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# your days

"your lifetime"

# That is your reward

The word "that" refers to living happily with his wife.

# Whatever your hand finds to do

Here a person is represented by his "hand" since a person often uses his hands to work. AT: "Whatever you are able to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# there is no work or explanation or knowledge or wisdom

The nouns "work, "explanation," and "knowledge" can be expressed as verbs. AT: "the dead do not work or explain or know or have wisdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/strength]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hades]]