 | Samuel Davidson - 1862 - 506 pàgines
...things. Thus the following passages say : " 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" (ii. 24). " And also that every man should eat and... | |
 | John Kitto - 1862 - 522 pàgines
...dieth the wise man ? As the fool," ii. 16. " 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," ii. 2k " As a beast dieth, so dieth a man. ... A man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1863 - 680 pàgines
...Solomon's both practice and counsel. There is nothing better, saith he, 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 ; for who can eat, or who can hasten hereunto more... | |
 | Edward Higginson - 1863 - 556 pàgines
...Epicurean view of life, making him resolve that " 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 (he says) I saw, that it was from the hand of God." " (ii. 24.) Thank God, we can see these... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1863 - 394 pàgines
...Arabs, originally from the high* Latham. " 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."— ECCLESIASTES iii. lands of the East. They were, moreover, advanced in civilization, had solar and astronomical... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - 1978 - 644 pàgines
...rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 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 labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten... | |
 | Martha Rainbolt, Janet Fleetwood - 1983 - 370 pàgines
...rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 \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. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto,... | |
 | Edward J. Young - 1984 - 440 pàgines
...enjoyment of life. For example he says, "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' (2:24). Such passages as this show clearly that the author is not a pessimist. But such passages do... | |
 | Zondervan - 1984 - 940 pàgines
...in the night. This is also vanity. 24 f There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat thou say. I am not polluted. I have not gone after Baalim? see thy wa This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto,... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1990 - 548 pàgines
...towards this signification is that of Solomon, "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; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see that which shall be after him?" 12 But although... | |
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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. 
