Ecclesiastes 2:24⥂
KJV:
[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.
BSB:
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.
Hebrew:
אֵֽין־ ט֤וֹב בָּאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְהֶרְאָ֧ה אֶת־ נַפְשׁ֛וֹ ט֖וֹב בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ גַּם־ זֹה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי כִּ֛י מִיַּ֥ד הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃
Topics:
BLESSING • CONTENTMENT • GOD • HAPPINESS • SENSUALITY • WISDOM
LXX:
Greek Text
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| Translation | Hebrew/Aramaic | Transliteration [morphology] | Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| there not | אֵֽין־ | 'ein-HNcmsc | L |
| [is] good | ט֤וֹב | TovHAamsa | L |
| for <the> person | בָּאָדָם֙ | ba.HRd 'a.DamHNcmsa | L |
| that he will eat | שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל | shei.HTr yo.KhalHVqi3ms | L |
| and he will drink | וְשָׁתָ֔ה | ve.Hc sha.TahHVqq3ms | L |
| and he will show | וְהֶרְאָ֧ה | ve.Hc her.'AhHVhq3ms | L |
| <obj.> | אֶת־ | 'et-HTo | L |
| self his | נַפְשׁ֛וֹ | naf.ShHNcfsc oHSp3ms | L |
| good | ט֖וֹב | TovHAamsa | L |
| in toil his | בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ | ba.HR 'a.ma.LHNcbsc oHSp3ms | L |
| also | גַּם־ | gam-HD | L |
| this | זֹה֙ | zohHTm | L |
| I have seen | רָאִ֣יתִי | ra.'I.tiHVqp1cs | L |
| I | אָ֔נִי | 'A.niHPp1bs | L |
| that | כִּ֛י | kiHTc | L |
| [is] from [the] hand of | מִיַּ֥ד | mi.HR YadHNcbsc | L |
| <the> God | הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | ha.HTd 'E.lo.HimHNcmpa | L |
| it | הִֽיא׃ | Hi'HPp3fs | L |
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