Verse 24

There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy the good of his labor. This also, I saw, is from the hand of God.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er ingenting bedre for mennesket enn å spise og drikke og få se det gode i sitt arbeid. Dette kommer også fra Guds hånd.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det er ikke noe bedre for mennesket enn å spise og drikke, og å finne glede i sitt arbeid. Dette skjønte jeg også at det var fra Guds hånd.

• Norsk King James

  Det er ingenting bedre for et menneske enn å spise og drikke, og at han skal glede sin sjel i sitt arbeid. Dette så jeg også, at det var fra Guds hånd.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Er det ikke godt for et menneske å spise og drikke, og la sin sjel nyte det gode i sitt arbeid? Men også dette så jeg er fra Guds hånd.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er ingenting bedre for mennesket enn å spise og drikke og være glad i sitt arbeid. Også dette har jeg sett er fra Guds hånd.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det finnes ikke noe bedre for et menneske enn å spise, drikke og la sin sjel nyte godt av sitt arbeid. Også dette så jeg at var fra Guds hånd.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Det finnes ingenting bedre for et menneske enn å spise og drikke, og la sin sjel nyte godt av det arbeidet han har gjort. Dette så jeg også, at det er en gave fra Gud.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Det finnes ikke noe bedre for et menneske enn å spise, drikke og la sin sjel nyte godt av sitt arbeid. Også dette så jeg at var fra Guds hånd.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Det er ingenting bedre for et menneske enn å spise og drikke og å la sin sjel nyte godt av sitt arbeid. Dette, så jeg, kommer fra Guds hånd.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  There is nothing better for a person than to eat and drink and find enjoyment in their work. This too, I realized, is from the hand of God.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.2.24", "source": "אֵֽין־ט֤וֹב בָּאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְהֶרְאָ֧ה אֶת־נַפְשׁ֛וֹ ט֖וֹב בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ גַּם־זֹה֙ רָאִ֣יתִי אָ֔נִי כִּ֛י מִיַּ֥ד הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃", "text": "Not-*ṭôb* in the-*ʾādām* *sheyyōʾkal* and *shātâ* and *herʾāh* *ʾet*-*napshô* *ṭôb* in *ʿămālô* also-this *rāʾîtî* I because from *yad* the-*ʾĕlōhîm* it.", "grammar": { "*ṭôb*": "masculine singular adjective - good", "*ʾādām*": "masculine singular noun with prefixed preposition and definite article - in the man", "*sheyyōʾkal*": "relative particle + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - that he should eat", "*shātâ*": "perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he drank", "*herʾāh*": "Hiphil perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he showed/made see", "*napshô*": "feminine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his soul", "*ṭôb*": "masculine singular adjective - good", "*ʿămālô*": "masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix with prefixed preposition - in his labor", "*rāʾîtî*": "perfect, 1st singular - I saw", "*yad*": "feminine singular construct - hand of", "*ʾĕlōhîm*": "masculine plural noun with definite article - God" }, "variants": { "*ʾêyn-ṭôb bāʾādām*": "there is nothing better for a person/it is not good for man", "*sheyyōʾkal wĕshātâ*": "than to eat and drink", "*herʾāh ʾet-napshô ṭôb*": "to let himself enjoy good/to make his soul see good", "*baʿămālô*": "in his work/in his labor/in his toil", "*miyyad hāʾĕlōhîm*": "from the hand of God/from God" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det er ingenting bedre for et menneske enn at han skal spise og drikke, og at han skal få se godt av all sin flid. Jeg så også dette at det er fra Guds hånd.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  (Er det da) ikke et Menneske godt, at han æder og drikker, og lader sin Sjæl see og (nyde) det Gode i sit Arbeide? (men) dette saae jeg ogsaa, at det er af Guds Haand.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det er ingenting bedre for et menneske enn å spise og drikke, og la sin sjel glede seg over godt i sitt arbeid. Også dette så jeg som Guds hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det er ingenting bedre for en mann enn at han spiser og drikker, og får sin sjel til å glede seg i sitt arbeid. Også dette så jeg, at det er fra Guds hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Det er intet godt med et menneske som spiser og drikker og viser sin sjel godhet i sitt arbeid. Også dette har jeg sett er fra Guds hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Det er ikke noe bedre for mennesket enn at han spiser og drikker og nyter det gode i sitt arbeid. Dette så jeg også er fra Guds hånd.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Det finnes ikke noe bedre for et menneske enn å spise og drikke, og ha glede i sitt arbeid. Dette så jeg også var fra Guds hånd.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Is it not better then for a ma to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his laboure? Yee I sawe that this also was a gifte of God:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, & delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  There is nothing good in a man who eateth, and hath drunk, and hath shewn his soul good in his labour. This also I have seen that it `is' from the hand of God.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.

• World English Bible (2000)

  There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Enjoy Work and its Benefits There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God.

Referenced Verses

• Eccl 3:22 : 22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?
• Eccl 5:18-19 : 18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, to receive his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God.
• Eccl 8:15 : 15 So I commended joy, because a man has no better thing under the sun than to eat, drink, and be merry; for this will remain with him in his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun.
• Eccl 3:12-13 : 12 I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
• Eccl 9:7-9 : 7 Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works. 8 Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment. 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.
• 1 Cor 15:32 : 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
• 1 Tim 6:17 : 17 Charge those who are rich in this present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy;
• Deut 12:18 : 18 But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, and the Levite who is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to.
• Deut 12:12 : 12 And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, your sons, your daughters, your male servants, your female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, because he has no portion or inheritance with you.
• Eccl 11:9-9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh, for childhood and youth are vanity.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.
• Luke 12:19-20 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry. 20 But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you; then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Nevertheless, He did not leave Himself without witness, He did good, giving us rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
• Eccl 6:2 : 2 A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all he desires, yet God does not give him the power to eat of it, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
• Neh 8:10 : 10 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; do not be sad, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.