Verse List for ECC 5:18

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OET (OET-RV) Listen, this is what I myself have discovered to be good: ⇔ It’s good for a person to eat and drink ⇔ and to see benefit in all the hard work that they’ll do in this world ⇔ during the number of the days of their life that God has given that person, ⇔ because that’s their allocation in life.

OET-LV [fn] also every _of the_humankind whom he _has _given to_him/it the_ʼElohīm wealth and_riches and_he_has _given _him _power to_eat from_him/it and_to_receive DOM portion _of_his and_to_take _pleasure in_toil _of_his this is_a _gift _of god it.

ULT ⇔  Look, what I, I, have seen, is good: That, it is beautiful to eat and to drink and to see good in all his toil that he will toil under the sun, during the number of the days of his life that the God has given to him, for it, is his portion.

UST ⇔  Now, pay attention! I have observed how beautiful life can be when people merely enjoy the food and drink that they have and allow themselves to feel some satisfying happiness in their hard work. People can do this only while they are alive, during the brief span of life that God has allotted to them as his gift—no more and no less.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB No OEB ECC book available

WEBBE & WMBB Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, in which he labours under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

NET I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: ⇔ to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth ⇔ during the few days of their life which God has given them, ⇔ for this is their reward.

LSV Behold, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor that he labors at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God has given to him, for it [is] his portion.

FBV But I observed that what is good and right is to eat, drink, and to find enjoyment in the work God gives us here in this life. This is God's gift to us.

T4T So, the best thing for people to do here on the earth during the few years that God allows them to be alive is to eat and drink and to enjoy their work, because those are the things that God has given to them.

LEB ¶  Look! I have discovered what is good and fitting: to eat and to drink and _⌊to enjoy_⌋[fn] all the fruit of the toil with which one toils under the sun during the number of the days of his life that God gives to him—for this is his lot.[fn]

BBE This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.

Moff Here is what I find now to be right and good for man--to eat and drink and to be happy as he toils on at his task under the sun, during the few days that God gives him to five.

JPS (5-17) Behold that which I have seen: it is good, yea, it is comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.

ASV Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.

DRA And every man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to enjoy his portion, and to rejoice of his labour: this is the gift of God.

YLT Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one's labour that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion.

Drby Behold what I have seen good and comely: [it is] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour wherewith [man] laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which [fn]God hath given him: for that is his portion.

RV Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.
(Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath/has given him: for this is his portion.)

SLT Behold, what I saw: good, which is beautiful to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he will labor under the sun the number of the days of his life, which God gave to him; for this his portion.

Wbstr Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

KJB-1769 ¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.[fn][fn]
(¶ Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh/takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth/gives him: for it is his portion.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]Behold that which I haue seene: It is good and comely for one to eate and to drinke, and to enioy the good of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his life, which God giueth him: for it is his portion.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.
(Therefore me think it a better and a fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour that he taketh/takes under the sun, all the days of his life which God giveth/gives him: for this is his portion.)

Gnva Also to euery man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures, and giueth him power to eate thereof, and to take his part, and to enioy his labour: this is the gift of God.
(Also to every man to whom God hath/has given riches and treasures, and giveth/gives him power to eat thereof, and to take his part, and to enjoy his labour: this is the gift of God.)

Cvdl Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thinge, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refreshed of all his laboure, yt he taketh vnder the Sonne all the dayes of his life which God geueth him, for this is his porcion.
(Therefore me think it a better and a fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour, it he taketh/takes under the Son all the days of his life which God giveth/gives him, for this is his portion.)

Wycl And to ech man, to whom God yaf richessis, and catel, and yaf power to hym to ete of tho, and to vse his part, and to be glad of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.
(And to each man, to whom God gave riches, and cattle, and gave power to him to eat of those, and to use his part, and to be glad of his travel; this is the gift of God.)

Luth Denn welchem Menschen GOtt Reichtum und Güter und Gewalt gibt, daß er davon isset und trinket für sein Teil und fröhlich ist in seiner Arbeit, das ist eine Gottesgabe.
(Because which_one people God wealth/abundance and goods and violence gives, that he of_that eating and drinking for/in_favour_of be part/portion and cheerful is in his work/job, the is a/one God’sgabe.)

ClVg Et omni homini cui dedit Deus divitias atque substantiam, potestatemque ei tribuit ut comedat ex eis, et fruatur parte sua, et lætetur de labore suo: hoc est donum Dei.
(And all to_man to_whom he_gave God riches and_yet substance, and_power to_him gives as to_eat from to_them, and fruatur in_part/partly his_own, and happy from/about with_hard_work his_own: this it_is a_gift/present/donation of_God.)

UHB 17 הִנֵּ֞ה אֲשֶׁר־רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֗נִי ט֣וֹב אֲשֶׁר־יָפֶ֣ה לֶֽ⁠אֶכוֹל־וְ֠⁠לִ⁠שְׁתּוֹת וְ⁠לִ⁠רְא֨וֹת טוֹבָ֜ה בְּ⁠כָל־עֲמָל֣⁠וֹ ׀ שֶׁ⁠יַּעֲמֹ֣ל תַּֽחַת־הַ⁠שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ מִסְפַּ֧ר יְמֵי־חי⁠ו [fn] אֲשֶׁר־נָֽתַן־ל֥⁠וֹ הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֖ים כִּי־ה֥וּא חֶלְקֽ⁠וֹ׃ ‡

BrLXX Καί γε πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς πλοῦτον καὶ ὑπάρχοντα, καὶ ἐξουσίασεν αὐτῷ φαγεῖν ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ μέρος αὐτοῦ, καὶ τοῦ· εὐφρανθῆναι ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, τοῦτο δόμα Θεοῦ ἐστιν.

BrTr Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given wealth and possessions, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.