Ecclesiastes 2:24

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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WEBBE

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

ASV

There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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אֵין־ 'ein- there not H369 טוֹב tov [is] good H2896 בָּאָדָם ba·'a·dam for (the) person H120 שֶׁיֹּאכַל shei·yo·khal that he will eat H398 וְשָׁתָה ve·sha·tah and he will drink H8354 וְהֶרְאָה ve·her·'ah and he will show H7200 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 נַפְשׁוֹ naf·sho self his H5315 טוֹב tov good H2896 בַּעֲמָלוֹ ba·'a·ma·lo in toil his H5999 גַּם־ gam- also H1571 זֹה zoh this H2090 רָאִיתִי ra·'i·ti I have seen H7200 אָנִי 'a·ni I H589 כִּי ki that H3588 מִיַּד mi·yad [is] from [the] hand of H3027 הָאֱלֹהִים ha·'e·lo·him (the) God H430 הִיא hi' it H1931

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GodBlessingHappinessContentmentSensuality

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.