Ecclesiastes 2:24-25

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²⁴There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God; ²⁵for apart from him^[a] who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

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Ecclesiastes 2:25 Gk Syr: Heb apart from me

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