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)

¹² I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live.

¹⁷ Yet he has not left himself without testimony:^(A) He has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons;^(B) he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.”^(C)