Why 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? Treasury of Scripture nothing Ecclesiastes 3:11,12 He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart... Ecclesiastes 2:10,11,24 And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor... Ecclesiastes 5:18-20 Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink... Ecclesiastes 8:15 Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry... Ecclesiastes 9:7-9 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works... Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart... Deuteronomy 12:7,18 And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households... Deuteronomy 26:10,11 And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me... Deuteronomy 28:47 Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; Revelation 12:11,12 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death... Philippians 4:4,5 Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice... who Ecclesiastes 6:12 For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow?... Ecclesiastes 8:7 For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? Ecclesiastes 9:12 For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare... Ecclesiastes 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? Job 14:21 His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them. Daniel 12:9,10,13 And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end... Matthew 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself...
Context From Dust to Dust
16And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. 17I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. 20All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? 22Why 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? Parallel Verses 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?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
Darby Bible 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?
King James Bible
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?
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?
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