12I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;


In Context

9 What profit hath he that worketh from that wherein he laboureth?

10 I have seen the travail that God hath given to the sons of men to toil in.

11 He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work that God doeth.

12 I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

13 yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

14 I know that whatever God doeth, it shall be for ever; there is nothing to be added to it, nor anything to be taken from it; and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:12And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.