Is it not good for a man to eat and drink and make his soul behold the good in his labor. This also, I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

I know that there is no good for man, but to rejoice and to do good in his life.

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor; it is the gift of God.

Behold that which I have seen: It is good and right for one to eat and to drink, and to see good in all his labor that he labors under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.

If my step has turned aside from the way, or my heart walked after my eyes, or if any blemish has clung to my hands,

The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! Three things are never satisfied, yea, four things never say, Enough!

Sheol, and the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire; these have not said, Enough!

For long ago you broke your yoke and tore apart your bonds; and you said, I will not transgress, when on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a harlot.

A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God does not give him power to eat of it, but a foreigner devours it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.

Vanity of vanities, says the preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and striving of spirit.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had done, and on the labor that I had labored to do; and, behold, all was vanity and striving of spirit; and there was no profit under the sun.

For what has man from all his labor, and from the striving of his heart, in which he has labored under the sun?

For all his days are sorrows, and his task grief; yea, his heart does not take rest in the night. This also is vanity.

Again, I considered all labor, and every successful work, that for this a man is envied by his neighbor. This also is vanity and striving of spirit.