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Ecclesiastes 2:24 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 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.Ecclesiastes 2:24 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:24 in context
22For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
23For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
24There 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.
25For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?
26For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Key words (Strong's)
- betterṭôwbgood in the widest senseH2896 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- enjoyrâʼâhto see, literally or figurativelyH7200 →
- soulnepheshproperly, a breathing creatureH5315 →
- handyâda handH3027 →
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Business is a thing that wise men have pleasure in. They are in their element when they are in their business, and complain if they be out of business. They may sometimes be tired with their business, but they are not weary of it, nor willing to leave it off.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-26