Ecclesiastes 2:24
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24fThere is nothing better for a person than that he should geat and drink and find enjoyment3 in his toil. This also, I saw, is hfrom the hand of God,
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- 3Or and make his soul see good
Cross references
- fch. 3:12, 13, 22; 5:18; 8:15; [1 Tim. 6:17]
- g[ch. 9:7; Luke 12:19; 1 Cor. 15:32]
- h[ch. 3:13; 5:19]
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
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There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,
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NLTNew Living Translation
So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that these pleasures are from the hand of God.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find delight in his toil. For I also realized that this is from the hand of God!
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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