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


In Context

9 What does the worker gain from his toil?

10 I have seen the burden God has laid on men.

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.

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

13 That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.

14 I know that everything God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it and nothing taken from it. God does it so that men will revere 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 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.