Ecclesiastes 2:24

A man has nothing really good 1 To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul 1 As good in his trouble. 1 This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23For all his days 1 Are days of sorrows, and vexation of spirit is his; 1 In the night also his heart rests not. 1 This is also vanity. 1

25For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him? 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:18But before the Lord thy God thou shalt eat it, in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose for himself, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the stranger that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, on whatsoever thou shalt lay thy hand.

Ecclesiastes 3:12I know that there is no good in them, 1 Except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:22And I saw that there was no good, 1 But that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, 1 For it is his portion, 1 For who shall bring him to see anything of that which shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:18Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given 1 Wealth and possessions, and has given him 1 Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, 1 And to rejoice in his labor; 1 This is the gift of God. 1

Ecclesiastes 8:15Then I praised mirth, 1 Because there is no good for a man under the sun, 1 But to eat, and drink, and be merry: 1 And this shall attend him 1 In his labor all the days of his life, 1 Which God has given him under the sun. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:18-26

Sources of Dissatisfaction; The Cheerful Use of Abundance. 17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also… Read the whole commentary →

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