Ecclesiastes 2:24

Ecclesiastes 2:24 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

24A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

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New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)

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

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Amplified Bible (AMP)

24There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and assure himself that there is good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

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American Standard Version (ASV)

24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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Geneva Bible (GNV)

24There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

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World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)

24There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

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New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)

24A person can’t do anything better than eat, drink and be satisfied with their work. I’m finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.

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EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)

24So I decided what is best for us to do. We should be happy to eat and to drink. And we should enjoy our work. I realized that all these things are gifts from God.

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Literal Standard Version (LSV)

24There is nothing good in a man who eats, and has drunk, and has shown his soul good in his labor. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.

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