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


In Context

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

10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.

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

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

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

Ecclesiastes 3:12 in Other Translations

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

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.