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 Pois que [proveito] o homem tem por todo o seu trabalho e cansaço de seu coração em que ele trabalha abaixo do sol?
23 Porque todos os seus dias são dores, e aflição [é] sua rotina; até de noite seu coração não descansa; também isto é futilidade.
24 Não há nada melhor ao homem do que comer, beber, e fazer sua alma se alegrar de seu trabalho; eu também vi que isto vem da mão de Deus.
25 (Pois quem [melhor] comeria ou teria pressa, a não ser eu mesmo?)
26 Porque ao homem bom perante sua face, [Deus] dá sabedoria, conhecimento e alegria; porém ao pecador ele dá trabalho cansativo, para juntar e recolher, para o dar ao bom diante da sua face; também isto é fútil [como] perseguir o vento.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:24 Mean?
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