Ecclesiastes 2:10

2:10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ¹ 

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ² 

So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ³ 

this was my reward for all my effort. ⁴ 

Ecclesiastes 3:22

3:22 So I perceived there is nothing better than for people ⁵  to enjoy their work, ⁶ 

because that is their ⁷  reward;

for who can show them what the future holds? ⁸ 

Jeremiah 52:34

52:34 He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.

¹ tn Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”

² tn Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”

⁴ tn Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”

⁵ tn Heb “man.”

⁶ tn Heb “his works.”

⁷ tn Heb “his.”

⁸ tn Heb “what will be after him” (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV) or “afterward” (cf. NJPS).