22 What has a man from (A)all the toil and striving of heart with which he toils beneath the sun? 23 For (B)all his days are full of sorrow, and his (C)work is a vexation. Even in the night his heart does not rest. This also is vanity.

24 (D)There is nothing better for a person than that he should (E)eat and drink and find enjoyment[a] in his toil. This also, I saw, is (F)from the hand of God,

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:24 Or and make his soul see good

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