Ecclesiastes 2:24
New International Version
24 A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink(A) and find satisfaction in their own toil.(B) This too, I see, is from the hand of God,(C)
Ecclesiastes 2:24
King James Version
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.
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Ecclesiastes 7:4
New International Version
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,
but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.(A)
Ecclesiastes 7:4
King James Version
4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
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Ecclesiastes 8:15
New International Version
15 So I commend the enjoyment of life(A), because there is nothing better for a person under the sun than to eat and drink(B) and be glad.(C) Then joy will accompany them in their toil all the days of the life God has given them under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:15
King James Version
15 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.
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