Ecclesiastes 2:25

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23 For all his days are ^asorrowful, and his work burdensome; even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

24 ^aNothing 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.

25 For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment,¹ more than I?

26 For God gives ^awisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that ^bhe may give to him who is good before God. This also is vanity and grasping for the wind.

Verse Comparison: Ecclesiastes 2:25

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American Standard Version
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

Amplified® Bible
For who can eat or who can have enjoyment any more than I can--{apart from Him} ?

Contemporary English Version
and no one enjoys eating and living more than I do.

Darby English Version
For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

Good News Bible
How else could you have anything to eat or enjoy yourself at all?

King James Version
For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

New American Standard Bible
For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

New International Version
for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

New King James Version
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him?

Revised Standard Version
for apart from him who can eat or who can have enjoyment?

Young's Literal Translation
For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?

New English Translation
For no one¹ can eat and drink² or experience joy³ apart from him.⁴

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