Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 8:15 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 8:15 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:15 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 8:15 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:15 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 8:15 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.”
Ecclesiastes 8:15 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 8:15 in Context — Ecclesiastes 8
13 Porém ao perverso não sucederá o bem, e não prolongará [seus] dias, [que serão] como uma sombra, pois ele não tem temor diane de Deus.
14 Há [outra] futilidade que é feita sobre a terra: que há justos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos perversos, e há perversos a quem acontece conforme as obras dos justos. Digo que isso também é futilidade.
15 Assim elogiei a alegria, pois o homem não tem nada melhor abaixo do sol do que comer, beber e se alegrar; que isso acompanhe seu trabalho nos dias de sua vida, que Deus lhe dá abaixo do sol.
16 Enquanto entregava meu coração a entender a sabedoria, e ver a ocupação que é feita abaixo do sol (ainda que nem de dia, nem de noite, [o homem] veja sono em seus olhos),
17 Então vi toda a obra de Deus, que o homem não pode compreender a obra que é feita abaixo do sol; mesmo que o homem trabalhe para a buscar, ele não a encontrará; ainda que o sábio diga que a conhece, ele não pode compreendê [-la] .
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