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Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 8 · verse 15 · King James Version
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.Ecclesiastes 8:15 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 8:15 in context
13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
14There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
15Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
16When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)
17Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Key words (Strong's)
- commendedshâbachproperly, to address in aloud toneH7623 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- mirthsimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- merrysâmachprobably to brighten upH8055 →
- abidelâvâhproperly, to twineH3867 →
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