Ecclesiastes 5:18
“¶ Behold that which I haue seene: It is good and comely for one to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the good of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for it is his portion.”
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Ecclesiastes 5:18 Context
16And this also is a sore euill, that in all points as he came, so shall hee goe: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the winde? 17All his dayes also hee eateth in darkenesse, and he hath much sorrowe, and wrath with his sicknesse. 18¶ Behold that which I haue seene: It is good and comely for one to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the good of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for it is his portion. 19Euery man also to whom God hath giuen riches and wealth, and hath giuen him power to eate thereof, and to take his portion, and to reioyce in his labour; this is the gift of God. 20For he shall not much remember the dayes of his life: because God answereth him in the ioy of his heart.
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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.
- King James Version
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun {during} the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.
- New American Standard Version (1995)