Ecclesiastes 2:24-26

EasyEnglish Bible

²⁴ So I decided what is best for us to do. We should be happy to eat and to drink. And we should enjoy our work. I realized that all these things are gifts from God. ²⁵ Without God's help, nobody can eat anything or enjoy anything. ²⁶ God gives wisdom, knowledge and joy to people who please him. Wicked people may work hard and become rich. But God takes away their valuable things and he gives them to someone who pleases him. So their hard work has no purpose. It is like somebody who tries to catch the wind.