Ecclesiastes 3:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 3:12

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Berean Standard Bible

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

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KJV

King James Version

I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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WEB

World English Bible

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

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ASV

American Standard Version

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 3

¹⁰ I have seen the burden that God has laid upon the sons of men to occupy them.

¹¹ He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

¹² I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

¹³ and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

¹⁴ I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

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