Ecclesiastes 6:2
English Standard Version Anglicised
2 a man (A)to whom (B)God gives wealth, possessions, and honour, so that he (C)lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God (D)does not give him power to enjoy them, but a stranger enjoys them. This is vanity; it is a grievous evil.
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Ecclesiastes 6:2
New International Version
2 God gives some people wealth, possessions and honor, so that they lack nothing their hearts desire, but God does not grant them the ability to enjoy them,(A) and strangers enjoy them instead. This is meaningless, a grievous evil.(B)
Ecclesiastes 6:2
King James Version
2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
English Standard Version Anglicised
24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (B)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (C)from the hand of God,
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see 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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