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) 26} To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom,^(E) knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth^(F) to hand it over to the one who pleases God.^(G) This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.

²² So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work,^(A) because that is their lot.^(B) For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?