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Ecclesiastes 3

Eccl. 3:22 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whereforee I perceive
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
that there is nothing better
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
, than that a man
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
should rejoice
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
in his own works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
; for that is his portion
cheleq (Hebrew #2506)
properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment
KJV usage: flattery, inheritance, part, X partake, portion.
Pronounce: khay'lek
Origin: from 2505
: for who shall bring
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
him to see
ra'ah (Hebrew #7200)
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
KJV usage: advise self, appear, approve, behold, X certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, X indeed, X joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, X be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), X sight of others, (e-)spy, stare, X surely, X think, view, visions.
Pronounce: raw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
what shall be after
'achar (Hebrew #310)
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
KJV usage: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, + out (over) live, + persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Pronounce: akh-ar'
Origin: from 309
him?
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Eccl. 2:24• 24[There] is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,{HR}And make his soul enjoy good in his labour.{HR}This also I saw, that it [is] from the hand of God. (Eccl. 2:24)

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Eccl. 3:11‑12• 11He hath made everything beautiful in its time:{HR}Also he hath set the world in their heart,{HR}Yet so that man cannot find out the work{HR}That God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
 12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice,{HR}And to do good so long as they live; (Eccl. 3:11‑12)
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Eccl. 2:10‑11,24• 10And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them:{HR}I withheld not my heart from any joy,{HR}For my heart rejoiced because of my labour.
 11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought,{HR}And on the labour that I had laboured to do:{HR}And, behold, all [was] vanity and a striving after wind,{HR}And there was no profit under the sun.
 24[There] is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,{HR}And make his soul enjoy good in his labour.{HR}This also I saw, that it [is] from the hand of God. (Eccl. 2:10‑11,24)
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Eccl. 5:18‑20• 18Behold, that which I have seen to be good{HR}And to be comely is for one to eat and to drink,{HR}And to enjoy good in all his labour,{HR}Wherein he laboureth under the sun,{HR}All the days of his life which God hath given him:{HR}For this is his portion.
 19Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth,{HR}And hath given him power to eat thereof,{HR}And to take his portion,{HR}And to rejoice in his labour;{HR}This is the gift of God.
 20For he shall not much remember the days of his life;{HR}Because God answereth him with the joy of his heart. (Eccl. 5:18‑20)
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Eccl. 9:7‑9• 7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,{HR}And drink thy wine with a merry heart;{HR}For God hath already accepted thy works.
 8Let thy garments be always white,{HR}And let not thy head lack unguent.
 9Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest{HR}All the days of the life of thy vanity,{HR}Which he hath given thee under the sun,{HR}All the days of thy vanity:{HR}For that is thy portion in life,{HR}And in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun. (Eccl. 9:7‑9)
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Eccl. 11:9• 9{i}Rejoice, young man, in thy youth;{HR}And let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth,{HR}And walk in the ways of thy heart,{HR}And in the sight of thine eyes;{HR}But know that for all these [things]{HR}God will bring thee into judgment.{HR}{/i} (Eccl. 11:9)
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Deut. 12:7,18• 7{i}and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.{/i}
 18{i}but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.{/i} (Deut. 12:7,18)
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Deut. 26:10‑11• 10And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land which thou, O Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before Jehovah thy God, {i}and worship before Jehovah thy God{/i}.
 11And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which Jehovah thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. (Deut. 26:10‑11)
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Deut. 28:47• 47{i}Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,{/i} (Deut. 28:47)
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Rom. 12:11‑12• 11in diligence not slothful, in spirit fervent, serving the Lord;
 12in hope rejoicing; in tribulation enduring, in prayer persevering; (Rom. 12:11‑12)
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Phil. 4:4‑5• 4Rejoice in [the] Lord always: again I will say, rejoice.
 5Let your mildness be known to all men. The Lord [is] near. (Phil. 4:4‑5)
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Eccl. 6:12• 12For who knoweth what is good for man in life,{HR}All the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?{HR}For who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? (Eccl. 6:12)
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Eccl. 8:7• 7For he knoweth not that which shall be;{HR}For who can tell him how it shall be? (Eccl. 8:7)
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Eccl. 9:12• 12For man also knoweth not his time:{HR}As the fishes that are taken in an evil net,{HR}And as the birds that are caught in the snare,{HR}Even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time,{HR}When it falleth suddenly upon them. (Eccl. 9:12)
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Eccl. 10:14• 14But a fool multiplieth words.{HR}Man knoweth not what shall be;{HR}And what shall be after, who telleth him? (Eccl. 10:14)
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Job 14:21• 21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;{HR}And they are abased, and he perceiveth it not; (Job 14:21)
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Dan. 12:9‑10,13• 9And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.
 13{i}But do thou go thy way until the end; and thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.{/i} (Dan. 12:9‑10,13)
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Matt. 6:34• 34Be not careful for the morrow for the morrow will be careful about itself: sufficient for the day is the evil thereof. (Matt. 6:34)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

W. Kelly Translation

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Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better,{HR}Than that a man should rejoice in his works;{HR}For that is his portion:{HR}For who shall bring him back to see what shall be after him?