Bible verse
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
Ecclesiastes 2:25 · BSB
The verses around it, from Ecclesiastes 2.
21 When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
22 For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
23 Indeed, all his days are filled with grief, and his task is sorrowful; even at night, his mind does not rest. This too is futile.
24 Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
25 For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?
26 To the man who is pleasing in His sight, He gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner He assigns the task of gathering and accumulating that which he will hand over to one who pleases God. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
KJV
For who can eat, or who else can hasten [hereunto], more than I?
ASV
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
ERV
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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