Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labour in which he may labour under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
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Ecclesiastes 5:17
Beholde then, what I haue seene good, that it is comely to eate, and to drinke, and to take pleasure in all his labour, wherein he traueileth vnder the sunne, the whole nomber of the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for this is his portion.
Parallel Translations
Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing [for a man] to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor in which he may labor under the sun, [all] the number of the days of his life which God has given to him: for it is his portion.
All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness.
All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
Cross References
Psalms 127:2Proverbs 1:27–29Ezekiel 4:16–172 Chronicles 24:24–25Psalms 102:92 Kings 1:62 Kings 5:27Genesis 3:172 Chronicles 16:10–121 Kings 17:12Psalms 90:7–11Psalms 78:33Job 21:25Acts 12:232 Kings 1:2
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