Ecclesiastes 2:23-26

2:23

For all his days
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[are] sorrows
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and his travail
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grief
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yea, his heart
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taketh not rest
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in the night
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This is also vanity
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2:24

[There is] nothing better
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for a man
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[than] that he should eat
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and drink
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and [that] he should make his soul
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enjoy
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good
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in his labour
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This
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also I saw
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that it [was] from the hand
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of God
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{should make...: or, delight his senses}

2:25

For who can eat
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or who else can hasten
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[hereunto], more
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than I?

2:26

For [God] giveth
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to a man
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that [is] good
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in his sight
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wisdom
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and knowledge
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and joy
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but to the sinner
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he giveth
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travail
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to gather
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and to heap up
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that he may give
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to [him that is] good
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before
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God
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This also [is] vanity
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and vexation
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of spirit
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{in his...: Heb. before him}