Ecclesiastes 3:12
I know that there is nothing good [inherent] in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during [all] his life.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 37:3Trust in the Lord, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed [thyself] with truthfulness.
Ecclesiastes 3:22And so did I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who can bring him to look with pleasure on what will be after him?
Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a merry heart thy wine, if God have already received thy works in favor.
Isaiah 64:5(64:4) Thou acceptest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, for we had sinned on them continually; and can we thus be saved?
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:12-16
Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken… Read the whole commentary →