Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. ”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it <FI>is<Fi> from the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“There is nothing good for man, but 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 ofGod. ”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.”
Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:24 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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?
26 For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:24 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 2:24 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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