Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 2:24 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 2:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“There is nothing good for man, but 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.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2

22 Porque ¿qué tiene el hombre de todo su trabajo, y fatiga de su corazón, con que debajo del sol él se afanara?

23 Porque todos sus días [no] son [sino] dolores, y sus trabajos molestias: aun de noche su corazón no reposa. Esto también es vanidad.

24 No hay cosa mejor para el hombre [sino] que coma y beba, y que su alma vea el bien de su trabajo. También tengo yo visto que esto es de la mano de Dios.

25 Porque ¿quién comerá, y quién se cuidará, mejor que yo?

26 Porque al hombre que le agrada, [Dios] le da sabiduría y ciencia y gozo: mas al pecador da trabajo, el que allegue y amontone, para que dé al que agrada á Dios. También esto es vanidad y aflicción de espíritu.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 2:24 Mean?

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