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Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
New International Version
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C) 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?(D)
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
New American Standard Bible
24 There is (A)nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show [a]himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is (B)from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without [b]Him?
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Lit his soul
- Ecclesiastes 2:25 As in LXX; Heb me
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
Amplified Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
Amplified Bible
24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and assure himself that there is good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
King James Version
24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
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Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
Contemporary English Version
Ecclesiastes 2:24-25
Contemporary English Version
24 (A) The best thing we can do is to enjoy eating, drinking, and working.[a] I believe these are God's gifts to us, 25 and no one enjoys eating and living more than I do.
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- 2.24 The best … working: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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