Ecclesiastes 2:22-24

New International Reader's Version

²² What do people get for all their hard work on earth? What do they get for all their worries? ²³ As long as they live, their work is nothing but pain and sorrow. Even at night their minds can’t rest. That doesn’t have any meaning either.

²⁴ A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.