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Ecclesiastes 2:24
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Ecclesiastes 2:24
English Standard Version
24 (A)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (B)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (C)from the hand of God,
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good
Ecclesiastes 8:15
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
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15 And I commend joy, for man (A)has nothing better under the sun but to (B)eat and drink and be joyful, for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun.
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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Ecclesiastes 9:9
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9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days of your (A)vain[a] life that he has given you under the sun, because that is your (B)portion in life and in your toil at which you toil under the sun.
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- Ecclesiastes 9:9 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath” (see note on 1:2)
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