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English Bible Translations

Ecclesiastes 2:24 / KJV
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.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 / ASV
24. 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 / BasicEnglish
24. There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 / Darby
24. There is nothing good for man, but 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 / Webster
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 labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 2:24 / Young
24. There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it [is] from the hand of God.

German Bible Translations

Prediger 2:24 / Luther
24. Ist's nun nicht besser dem Menschen, daß er esse und trinke und seine Seele guter Dinge sei in seiner Arbeit? Aber solches sah ich auch, daß es von Gottes Hand kommt.
Prediger 2:24 / Schlachter
24. Es gibt nichts Besseres für den Menschen, als daß er esse und trinke und seine Seele Gutes genießen lasse in seiner Mühsal! Doch habe ich gesehen, daß auch das von der Hand Gottes kommt.

French Bible Translations

Ecclésiaste 2:24 / Segond21
24. Le seul bonheur, pour l'homme, consiste à manger, à boire et à se donner du plaisir dans son travail, mais cela aussi, je l'ai bien vu moi-même, dépend de Dieu.
Ecclésiaste 2:24 / NEG1979
24. Il n’y a de bonheur pour l’homme qu’à manger et à boire, et à faire jouir son âme du bien-être, au milieu de son travail; mais j’ai vu que cela aussi vient de la main de Dieu.
Ecclésiaste 2:24 / Segond
24. Il n'y a de bonheur pour l'homme qu'à manger et à boire, et à faire jouir son âme du bien-être, au milieu de son travail; mais j'ai vu que cela aussi vient de la main de Dieu.
Ecclésiaste 2:24 / Darby_Fr
24. Il n'y a rien de bon pour l'homme que de manger et de boire, et de faire jouir son âme du bien-être dans son travail. Et j'ai vu que cela aussi vient de la main de Dieu.
Ecclésiaste 2:24 / Martin
24. N'est-ce donc pas un bien pour l'homme de manger, et de boire, et de faire que son âme jouisse du bien dans son travail? J'ai vu aussi que cela vient de la main de Dieu.
Ecclésiaste 2:24 / Ostervald
24. Ne vaut-il pas mieux pour l'homme, manger et boire, et faire jouir son âme du bien-être, au milieu de son travail? J'ai vu aussi que cela vient de la main de Dieu.

Versions with Strong Codes

Ecclesiastes 2 / KJV_Strong
24. There is nothing[H369] better[H2896] for a man,[H120] than that he should eat[H7945] [H398] and drink,[H8354] and that he should make his soul[H7200] [H853] [H5315] good[H2896] in his labor.[H5999] This[H2090] also[H1571] I[H589] saw,[H7200] that[H3588] it[H1931] was from the hand[H4480] [H3027] of God.[H430]

Strong Code definitions

H369 'ayin ah'-yin as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle:--else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone,in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare 370.see H370

H2896 towb tobe from H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, agood man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour,fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well((-favoured)). see H2895

H120 'adam aw-dawm' from H119; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.):--X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.see H119

H7945 shel shel for the rel. 834; used with prepositional prefix, and often followed by some pronominal affix; on account of, whatsoever, whichsoever:--cause, sake.see H834

H398 'akal aw-kal' a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):--X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up),feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.

H8354 shathah shaw-thaw' a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively):--X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of H8248.)see H8248

H7200 ra'ah raw-aw' a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):--advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.

H853 'eth ayth apparent contracted from H226 in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely):--(as such unrepresented in English). see H226

H5315 nephesh neh'-fesh from H5314; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental):--any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me,mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.see H5314

H2896 towb tobe from H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, agood man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):--beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour,fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well((-favoured)). see H2895

H5999 `amal aw-mawl' from H5998; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind:--grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.see H5998

H2090 zoh zo for H2088; this or that:--as well as another, it, this, that, thus and thus.see H2088

H1571 gam gam properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and:--again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.

H589 'aniy an-ee' contracted from H595; I:--I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, X which, X who.see H595

H7200 ra'ah raw-aw' a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative):--advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.

H3588 kiy kee a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedentor consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed:--and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when,whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

H1931 huw' hoo of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is hiyw {he}; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular, he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are:--he, as for her, him(-self),it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.

H4480 min min or minniy {min-nee'}; or minney (constructive plural){min-nay'}; (Isaiah 30:11); for H4482; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses (as follows):--above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, X neither, X nor, (out) of, over, since, X then, through, X whether, with.see H4482

H3027 yad yawd a primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows):--(+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X bythem, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing,+ thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.see H3709

H430 'elohiym el-o-heem' plural of H433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.see H433

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