Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
New King James Version
24 (A)Nothing is better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and that his soul should enjoy good in his labor. This also, I saw, was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, [a]more than I? 26 For God gives (B)wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that (C)he may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:25 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. without Him
Ecclesiastes 2:24-26
New American Standard Bible
24 There is (A)nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show [a]himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is (B)from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without [b]Him? 26 For to a person who is good in His sight, (C)He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may (D)give to one who is good in God’s sight. This too is (E)futility and striving after wind.
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- Ecclesiastes 2:24 Lit his soul
- Ecclesiastes 2:25 As in LXX; Heb me
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