Ecclesiastes 3:22

So again I realized that there is nothing better for anyone than to take pleasure in his work, for that is his assignment. Who can bring him back to see what happens after him?

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Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

In Context

21Who knows whether the spirit of mankind goes upward and the spirit of animals goes downward into the earth? + 3:21 Some modern versions have Who knows the spirit of mankind, which goes upward, and the spirit of animals, which goes downward into the earth?

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:18Instead, you will eat them before Yahweh your God in the place that Yahweh your God will choose—you, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates; you will rejoice before Yahweh your God about everything to which you put your hand.

Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not worship Yahweh your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart when you were in prosperity,

Ecclesiastes 2:10Whatever my eyes desired, 2 I did not withhold from them. 1 I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, 2 because my heart rejoiced in all my labor 2 and pleasure was my reward for all my work. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:11God has made everything suitable for its own time. He has also placed eternity in their hearts. But mankind cannot understand the deeds that God has done, from their beginning all the way to their end.

Ecclesiastes 5:18Look, what I have seen to be good and suitable is to eat and drink and to enjoy the gain from all our work, as we labor under the sun during the days of this life that God has given us. For this is man's assignment.

Ecclesiastes 8:7No one knows what is coming next. 2 Who can tell him what is coming? 1

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:17-22

Immutability of God's Counsel; The Extent of Mortality. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18 I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19 For that which befalleth the… Read the whole commentary →

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