Ecc Ecclesiastes, chapter Ecclesiastes, chapter 2

Ecclesiastes 2:24 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) +2 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.

ASV +4 There 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.

BSB +1 Nothing 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.

DRA Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.

FBV So what's the best thing to do? Eat, drink, and enjoy your work, recognizing as I did that these things are given to us by God,

GNV There 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.

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

LSV There 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.

NASB There 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. NASB 2020

NIV (US) +1 A 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,

NMV [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-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered].

OJB There is nothing better for adam, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his nefesh find satisfaction in his amal. Also this I saw; even this was from the Yad HaElohim.

RV +3 There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

T4T So I decided that the best thing that we can do is to enjoy what we eat and drink, and also enjoy our work. And I realized that those things are what God intends for us.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) +2 Не во власти человека и то благо, чтобы есть и пить и услаждать душу свою от труда своего. Я увидел, что и это — от руки Божией;

НРП Нет ничего лучше для человека, чем есть, пить и находить наслаждение в труде. Я понял, что и это дает рука Божья,

Заокская (Кулаков) Нет ничего лучшего для человека, чем есть и пить, ничто так не радует душу, как добрые плоды собственных трудов. Я убедился, что всё это от Бога.

ВП +1 Нет ничего лучше для человека, чем есть, пить и находить наслаждение в труде. Я понял, что и это даёт рука Всевышнего,

ВП-А Нет ничего лучше для человека, чем есть, пить и находить наслаждение в труде. Я понял, что и это даёт рука Аллаха,

СП (БЛ) [2:24–25] Есть ли человек, который ест и радуется жизни без Бога? Нет такого. И вот что я понял: лучшее, что может человек, — это есть, пить и наслаждаться работой, которую он должен делать. Я также понял, что всё это приходит от Бога.