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 Que revient-il, en effet, à l’homme de tout son travail et de la préoccupation de son cœur, objet de ses fatigues sous le soleil?
23 Tous ses jours ne sont que douleur, et son partage n’est que chagrin; même la nuit son cœur ne repose pas. C’est encore là une vanité.
24 Il n’y a de bonheur pour l’homme qu’à manger et à boire, et à faire jouir son âme du bien-être, au milieu de son travail; mais j’ai vu que cela aussi vient de la main de Dieu.
25 Qui, en effet, peut manger et jouir, si ce n’est moi?
26 Car il donne à l’homme qui lui est agréable la sagesse, la science et la joie; mais il donne au pécheur le soin de recueillir et d’amasser, afin de donner à celui qui est agréable à Dieu. C’est encore là une vanité et la poursuite du vent.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:24 Mean?
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