Parallel ECC 3:22

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BSB 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?

OEB spirit of the beast downward to the earth? So O recognised that there is no greater satisfaction for a mn that to be happy in his work – that is his reward; for, as to what is to happen after him– who can give him a glimpse of that?

WEB 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?

NET So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work,
 ⇔ because that is their reward;
 ⇔ for who can show them what the future holds?

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

FBV So I concluded that there's nothing better than for people to enjoy their work. This is what we are meant to do. For who can bring anyone back from the dead to show them what will happen after they die?

T4T So I concluded that the best thing for us people to do is to be happy about the work that we do, because that is what God has given to us. I say that because no one of us [RHQ] knows what happens to us after we die.

LEB So I concluded that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy the fruit of his labor, for this is his lot in life. For no one knows what will happen in the future.

BBE 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?

MOF No MOF ECC book available

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

ASV 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?

DRA 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?

YLT 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?

DBY 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?

RV 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?

WBS 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?

KJB 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?

BB Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?
  (Wherefore I perceaue that there is nothing better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who will bring him to see the thing that shall come after him?)

GNV 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?
  (Therefore I see that there is nothing better then that a man should rejoice in his affaires, because that is his portion. For who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?)

CB Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?
  (Wherefore I perceaue, it there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who will bring him to see the thing, that shall come after him?)

WYC And Y perseyuede that no thing is betere, than that a man be glad in his werk, and that this be his part; for who schal brynge hym, that he knowe thingis that schulen come after hym?
  (And I perseyuede that no thing is betere, than that a man be glad in his work, and that this be his part; for who shall bring him, that he know things that should come after him?)

LUT Darum sah ich, daß nichts Besseres ist, denn daß ein Mensch fröhlich sei in seiner Arbeit; denn das ist sein Teil. Denn wer will ihn dahin bringen, daß er sehe was nach ihm geschehen wird?
  (Therefore saw ich, that nichts Besseres is, because that a person fröhlich be in his Arbeit; because the is his Teil. Because wer will him/it dahin bringen, that he sehe was nach him geschehen wird?)

CLV Et deprehendi nihil esse melius quam lætari hominem in opere suo, et hanc esse partem illius. Quis enim eum adducet ut post se futura cognoscat?]
  (And deprehendi nihil esse melius how lætari hominem in opere suo, and hanc esse partem illius. Quis because him adducet as after se futura cognoscat?])

BRN And I saw that there was no good, but that wherein a man shall rejoice in his works, for it is his portion, for who shall bring him to see any thing of that which shall be after him?

BrLXX Καὶ εἶδον ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν εἰ μὴ ὃ εὐφρανθήσεται ὁ ἀνθρωπος ἐν ποιήμασιν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι αὐτὸ μερὶς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τίς ἄξει αὐτὸν τοῦ ἰδεῖν ἐν ᾧ ἐὰν γένηται μετʼ αὐτόν;
  (Kai eidon hoti ouk estin agathon ei maʸ ho eufranthaʸsetai ho anthrōpos en poiaʸmasin autou, hoti auto meris autou, hoti tis axei auton tou idein en hō ean genaʸtai metʼ auton?)