Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 Pain fills all his days. His occupation is frustration. Even at night his heart does not rest. This too is vapor.
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24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and to drink and to find joy in his work. This too, I saw, is from God’s hand. 25 For who can eat or enjoy himself apart from him?[a]
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- Ecclesiastes 2:25 Variant more than me
Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
New International Version
23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(C) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(D) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(E) 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?(F)
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