22 For what does a person get in (A)all his labor and in [a]his striving with which he labors under the sun? 23 Because all his days his activity is painful and (B)irritating; even at night his [b]mind (C)does not rest. This too is futility.

24 There is (D)nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show [c]himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is (E)from the hand of God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:22 Lit the striving of his heart
  2. Ecclesiastes 2:23 Lit heart
  3. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Lit his soul

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