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Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
International Children’s Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
International Children’s Bible
23 All his life his work is full of pain and sorrow. Even at night his mind doesn’t rest. This is also useless.
24 The best a person can do is eat, drink and enjoy his work. I saw that even this comes from God. 25 No one can eat or enjoy life without God.
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Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
New International Version
23 All their days their work is grief and pain;(A) even at night their minds do not rest.(B) This too is meaningless.
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(C) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(D) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(E) 25 for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?(F)
Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:23-25
King James Version
23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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?
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