24 There is (A)nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and show [a]himself some good in his trouble. This too I have seen, that it is (B)from the hand of God.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Lit his soul

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)

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15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for (A)a person under the sun except to eat, drink, and be joyful, and this will stand by him in his labor throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

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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.

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