Ecclesiastes 2:24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy[a][b] his work.(A) I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,(B)
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Syr, Tg; MT reads There is no good in man who eats and drinks and enjoys
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Lit and his soul sees good
Ecclesiastes 2:24
New International Version
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C)
Ecclesiastes 2:24
King James Version
24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.(A)
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Ecclesiastes 3:13
New International Version
13 That each of them may eat and drink,(A) and find satisfaction(B) in all their toil—this is the gift of God.(C)
Ecclesiastes 3:13
King James Version
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 Here is what I have seen to be good:(A) it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.(B)
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Ecclesiastes 5:18
New International Version
18 This is what I have observed to be good: that it is appropriate for a person to eat, to drink(A) and to find satisfaction in their toilsome labor(B) under the sun during the few days of life God has given them—for this is their lot.
Ecclesiastes 5:18
King James Version
18 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
Holman Christian Standard Bible
15 So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself,(A) for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
New International Version
15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
King James Version
15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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