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Ecclesiastes 2:24

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24There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and enjoy qrhis work. sI have seen that even this is from God’s hand, t

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Footnotes

  1. q2:24 Syr, ; reads There is no good in man who eats and drinks and enjoys
  2. r2:24 and his soul sees good

Cross references

  1. s2:24 Ec 2:3; 3:12–13, 22; 5:18; 6:12; 8:15; 9:7; Is 56:12; Lk 12:19; 1Co 15:32; 1Tm 6:17
  2. t2:24 Ec 3:13

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

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,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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,

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.

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!

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.