Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
New International Version NIV
24 There is nothing better for man than to eat, drink, and to enjoyhis work. I have seen that even this is from God's hand.
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A person can do nothing better than to eat and drink and find satisfaction in their own toil. This too, I see, is from the hand of God,
25 For who can eat and who can enjoy life apart from Him?
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for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?
26 For to the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner He gives the task of gathering and accumulating in order to give to the one who is pleasing in God's sight. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
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To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who pleases God. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
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