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Ecclesiastes 8:15

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Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Then I commended {H7623} mirth {H8057}, because a man {H120} hath no better thing {H2896} under the sun {H8121}, than to eat {H398}, and to drink {H8354}, and to be merry {H8055}: for that shall abide {H3867} with him of his labour {H5999} the days {H3117} of his life {H2416}, which God {H430} giveth {H5414} him under the sun {H8121}.

So I recommend enjoyment - a person can do nothing better under the sun than eat, drink and enjoy himself; this is what should accompany him as he does his work for as long as God gives him to live under the sun.

So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

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Cross-References

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24 (8 votes)

    [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.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18 (6 votes)

    ¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:12 (5 votes)

    I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

  • Ecclesiastes 3:13 (5 votes)

    And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7 (4 votes)

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:9 (4 votes)

    Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that [is] thy portion in [this] life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

  • 1 Timothy 4:3 (3 votes)

    Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.