²⁴ There is ^(A)nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and ^[a]tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is ^(B)from the hand of God.

¹² I know that there is ^(A)nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one’s lifetime; ¹³ moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the ^(B)gift of God.

¹⁸ Here is what I have seen to be ^(A)good and ^[a]fitting: to eat, to drink and ^[b]enjoy oneself in all one’s labor in which he toils under the sun during the few ^[c]years of his life which God has given him; for this is his ^[d](B)reward.

¹² For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few ^[a]years of his futile life? He will ^[b]spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man ^(A)what will be after him under the sun?

¹⁵ So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for ^(A)a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his ^[a]toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

¹³ The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: ^(A)fear God and ^(B)keep His commandments, because this applies to ^(C)every person.