• Ecclesiastes 8:15
    The Bible in Living English

    • 15* And I praise merrymaking, inasmuch as there is nothing good for man under the sun but to eat and drink and make merry, and he will have that to go with him for his trouble through his time of life which God has given to him under the sun.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15
    American Standard Version

    • 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that shall abide with him in his labor all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 15 Then extolled I gladness, in that there was nothing better for a man under the sun, than to eat and to drink and to be glad,—since that should tarry with him in his toil for the days of his life which God had given him under the sun.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15
    King James Version

    • 15 Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.