Ecclesiastes 8:15

Then 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

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In The King James Version

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

In Context

14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; 1 That there are righteous persons to whom it happens 1 According to the doing of the ungodly; 1 And there are ungodly men, to whom it happens 1 According to the doing of the just: 1 I said, This is also vanity. 1

16Whereupon I set my heart to know wisdom, 1 And to perceive the trouble 1 That was wrought upon the earth: 1 For there is that neither by day nor night 1 Sees sleep with his eyes. 1

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:1I said in my heart, 1 Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, and behold thou good: 1 And, behold, this is also vanity. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:24A 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

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 9:7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, 1 And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; 1 For now God has favorably accepted thy works. 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 8:15-17

The Mysteries of Providence. 14 There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. 16 When I… Read the whole commentary →

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