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


In Context

9 What profit has he who works in that in which he labors?

10 I have seen the burden which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in their hearts, yet so that man can't find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end.

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

13 Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

14 I know that whatever God does, it shall be forever. Nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done 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 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 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.