Ecclesiastes 2:24-26 There was nothing more blessed for Man than that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil,––even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was.

Rotherham⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁴ There was nothing more blessed for Man [than] that he should eat and drink, and see his desireth for blessedness in his toil,––even this, saw, I myself, that, from the hand of God, it was. ²⁵ For who could eat and who could enjoy, so well as I? ²⁶ For, to a man who is good before him, hath he given wisdom and knowledge and gladness,––whereas, to the sinner, he hath given employment, to gather and heap up, to give to one who is good before God, even this, was vanity, and a feeding on wind.