Ecclesiastes 2:24 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

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.

English Amplified

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

There is nothing better for a person than to eat, drink, and enjoy his work. I have seen that even this is from God’s hand,

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

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.

English EASY 2024

So 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.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

There is no one who has tried to enjoy life more than I have. And this is what I learned: The best thing people can do is eat, drink, and enjoy the work they must do. I also saw that this comes from God.

There is nothing better for a person than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God,

English GNT (Good News Translation)

The best thing we can do is eat and drink and enjoy what we have earned. And yet, I realized that even this comes from God.

English God's Word - GW 1995

There is nothing better for people to do than to eat, drink, and find satisfaction in their work. I saw that even this comes from the hand of God.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and to enjoyhis work. I have seen that even this is from God's hand.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and have his soul see good in his labor. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink, and make his life see the good in his labor. This I have seen is from the hand of God.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

There is nothing better for man than to eat and drink and provide himself with good things by his labors. Even this, I realized, is from the hand of God.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

A man can't do anything better than eat and drink and be satisfied with his work. I'm finally seeing that those things also come from the hand of God.

English NIV

A man can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in his work. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,

English NKJ 1982

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

English NLT

So I decided there is nothing better than to enjoy food and drink and to find satisfaction in work. Then I realized that this pleasure is from the hand of God.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

There is nothing better for mortals than to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in their toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and find enjoyment in his toil. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God;

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

So I decided that there was nothing better for a man to do than to enjoy his food and drink and his job. Then I realized that even this pleasure is from the hand of God.

English Tyndale 1537

Is it not better then for a man to eat and drink, and his soul to be merry in his labour? Yea I saw that this also was a gift of God: