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Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in English

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Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in American Standard Version (1901)

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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in American Standard Version (1901)

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

24 A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to shew his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Brenton Septuagint Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in King James Version + Apocrypha

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in King James Version + Apocrypha

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in King James (Authorized) Version

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in King James (Authorized) Version

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

24 A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in LXX2012: Septuagint in American English 2012

ECCLESIASTES 2:24-25 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
ECCLESIASTES 2 in Revised Version with Apocrypha (1895)

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Translation for Translators

24 So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and also enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.
25 There is absolutely no one RHQ who is able to enjoy those things if God does not give those things to him.
Ecclesiastes 2 in Translation for Translators

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

24 A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in LXX2012: Septuagint in British/International English 2012

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World English Bible with Deuterocanon

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World English Bible (Catholic)

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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World English Bible (Catholic)

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Bible in Basic English

24 There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
25 Who may take food or have pleasure without him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Bible in Basic English

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Darby Translation

24 There is nothing good for man, but 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.
25 For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Douay-Rheims 1899

24 Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
25 Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Douay-Rheims 1899

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Free Bible Version

24 So what's the best thing to do? Eat, drink, and enjoy your work, recognizing as I did that these things are given to us by God,
25 for who can eat or enjoy life apart from him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Free Bible Version

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Geneva Bible 1599

24 There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
25 For who could eate, and who could haste to outward things more then I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Geneva Bible 1599

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

24 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy pleasure for his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who will eat, or who will enjoy, if not I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in JPS TaNaKH 1917

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

24 It is not a good thing inherent in man that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy happiness for his toil. Also this have I seen, that it cometh out of the hand of God.
25 For who can well eat, or who can enjoy earthly things more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Isaac Leeser Tanakh

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

24 A man has nothing really good To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul As good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Nyangumarta English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 don't exist in Nyangumarta English Bible.

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in George Noyes Bible

24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and let his soul enjoy good in his labor. But this, as I have seen, cometh from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or hasten thereunto more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in George Noyes Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Unlocked Literal Bible

24 There is nothing better for anyone than to simply eat and drink and be satisfied with what is good in his work. I saw that this truth comes from God's hand.
25 For who can eat or who can have any kind of pleasure apart from God?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Unlocked Literal Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World English Bible

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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World English Bible British Edition

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World English Bible British Edition

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Noah Webster Bible

24 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 labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten to it more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in Noah Webster Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World Messianic Bible

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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World Messianic Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

24 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.
25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
Ecclesiastes 2 in World Messianic Bible British Edition

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling

24 Whether it is not better to eat and drink, and to show to his soul the goods of his travails? and this thing is of the hand of God.
25 Who shall devour so, and shall flow in delights, as I have?

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Wycliffe's Bible with Modern Spelling (Enhanced)

24 Whether it is not better to eat and drink, and to show to his soul the goods of his travails? and this thing is of the hand of God. (Is it not better for a person to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good things from all his labour? and this is also from the hand of God.)
25 Who shall devour so, and shall flow in (such) delights, as I have? (Who shall ever devour such food, and shall flow in, or shall enjoy, such delights, as I have?)

Ecclesiastes 2:24-25 in Young's Literal Translation

24 There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.
25 For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?