Ecclesiastes 3:22 “I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his w…”

Ecclesiastes 3:22

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

World English Bible

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

American Standard Version

Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man shoulde reioyce in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shalbe after him?

Darby Translation

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Young's Literal Translation

And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man rejoice in his works, for it [is] his portion; for who doth bring him in to look on that which is after him?

Bible in Basic English

So I saw that there is nothing better than for a man to have joy in his work — because that is his reward. Who will make him see what will come after him?

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Cross references

“nothing”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 11:9 Ecclesiastes 5:18–20 Ecclesiastes 8:15 Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 Deuteronomy 12:7

Ecclesiastes 2:24 · BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Ecclesiastes 5:18–20 · BSB

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 · BSB

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 hi…

Ecclesiastes 9:7–9 · BSB

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Deuteronomy 12:7 · BSB

There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

“who”

Ecclesiastes 6:12 Ecclesiastes 8:7 Ecclesiastes 10:14 Ecclesiastes 9:12 Job 14:21 Daniel 12:13

Ecclesiastes 6:12 · BSB

For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 8:7 · BSB

Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?

Ecclesiastes 10:14 · BSB

Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?

Ecclesiastes 9:12 · BSB

For surely no man knows his time: Like fish caught in a cruel net or birds trapped in a snare, so men are ensnared in an evil time that suddenly falls upon them.

Job 14:21 · BSB

If his sons receive honor, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he is unaware.

Daniel 12:13 · BSB

But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

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