Parallel ECC 8:15

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BSB § So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

OEB No OEB ECC 8:15 verse available

WEB Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

NET So I recommend the enjoyment of life,
 ⇔ for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life.
 ⇔ So joy will accompany him in his toil
 ⇔ during the days of his life which God gives him on earth.

LSV And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remains with him of his labor the days of his life that God has given to him under the sun.

FBV So I recommend enjoying life. There's nothing better for us here on earth than to eat and drink and be happy. Such an attitude will go with us as we work, and as we live our lives that God gives us here on earth.

T4T So I decided that I would recommend that people be happy while they are alive, because the best thing that people can do here on this earth is to eat and drink and be happy. Enjoying doing those things will help people while they do their work, all the time that God has given to them to remain alive here on the earth.

LEB So I recommend enjoyment. For there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun.
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BBE So I gave praise to joy, because there is nothing better for a man to do under the sun than to take meat and drink and be happy; for that will be with him in his work all the days of his life which God gives him under the sun.

MOF No MOF ECC book available

JPS So I commended mirth, that a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry, and that this should accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

ASV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

DRA Therefore I commended mirth, because there was no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry, and that he should take nothing else with him of his labour in the days of his life, which God hath given him under the sun.

YLT And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

DBY And I commended mirth, because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry; for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which [fn]God hath given him under the sun.

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RV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

WBS Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

KJB Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
  (Then I commended mirth, because a man hath/has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. )

BB Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thing vnder the sunne, then to eate and drinke, and to be merie: for that shall he haue of his labour, al the dayes of his life which God geueth hym vnder the sunne.
  (Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath/has no better thing under the sunne, then to eat and drink, and to be merie: for that shall he have of his labour, all the days of his life which God giveth/gives him under the sunne.)

GNV And I praysed ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man vnder the sunne, saue to eate and to drinke and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the dayes of his life that God hath giuen him vnder the sunne.
  (And I praised ioy: for there is no goodnesse to man under the sunne, save to eat and to drink and to reioyce: for this is adioyned to his labour, the days of his life that God hath/has given him under the sunne. )

CB Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne, then to eate and drynke, and to be mery: for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life, which God geueth him vnder the Sonne.+
  (Therfore I commende gladnesse, because a man hath/has no better thing under the Son, then to eat and drink, and to be mery: for that shall he have of his laboure all the days of his life, which God giveth/gives him under the Sonne.+)

WYC Therfor Y preysid gladnesse, that no good was to a man vndur the sunne, no but to ete, and drynke, and to be ioiful; and that he schulde bere awei with hym silf oneli this of his trauel, in the daies of his lijf, whiche God yaf to hym vndur the sunne.
  (Therefore I preysid gladnesse, that no good was to a man under the sunne, no but to eat, and drink, and to be ioiful; and that he should bear away with himself oneli this of his trauel, in the days of his life, which God gave to him under the sunne.)

LUT Darum lobte ich die Freude, daß der Mensch nichts Besseres hat unter der Sonne denn essen und trinken und fröhlich sein; und solches werde ihm von der Arbeit sein Leben lang, das ihm GOtt gibt unter der Sonne.
  (Therefore lobte I the Freude, that the person nichts Besseres has under the sun because eat and drink and fröhlich sein; and solches become him from the Arbeit his life lang, the him God gibt under the sun.)

CLV Laudavi igitur lætitiam; quod non esset homini bonum sub sole, nisi quod comederet, et biberet, atque gauderet, et hoc solum secum auferret de labore suo, in diebus vitæ suæ quos dedit ei Deus sub sole.
  (Laudavi igitur lætitiam; that not/no was homini bonum under sole, nisi that comederet, and biberet, atque gauderet, and hoc solum secum auferret about labore suo, in days of_life suæ which he_gave to_him God under sole. )

BRN Then I praised mirth, because there is no good for a man under the sun, but to eat, and drink, and be merry: and this shall attend him in his labour all the days of his life, which God has given him under the sun.

BrLXX Καὶ ἐπῄνεσα ἐγὼ σὺν τὴν εὐφροσύνην, ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον, ὅτι εἰ μὴ φαγεῖν καὶ τοῦ πιεῖν καὶ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι· καὶ αὐτὸ συμπροσέσται αὐτῷ ἐν μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ ἡμέρας ζωῆς αὐτοῦ, ὅσας ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον.
  (Kai epaʸnesa egō sun taʸn eufrosunaʸn, hoti ouk estin agathon tōi anthrōpōi hupo ton haʸlion, hoti ei maʸ fagein kai tou piein kai tou eufranthaʸnai; kai auto sumprosestai autōi en moⱪthōi autou haʸmeras zōaʸs autou, hosas edōken autōi ho Theos hupo ton haʸlion. )