Ecclesiastes 3:22

²⁰ All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.

²¹ Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?

I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?
KJV: Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
WEB: Therefore I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his works, for that is his portion; for who can bring him to see what will be after him?
ASV: Wherefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him [back] to see what shall be after him?
DARBY: And I have seen that there is nothing better than that man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
BLB: And I saw that nothing [is] better than that the man should rejoice in his own works, for that [is] his portion. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?

ÅB: Og jeg så at intet er bedre for mennesket enn at han gleder seg ved sitt arbeid; for det er det gode som blir ham til del; for hvem lar ham få se det som skal komme etter ham?
OTB: Så jeg så at det ikke er noe bedre enn at et menneske er lykkelig i sitt arbeid, for det er hans lodd. For hvem kan bringe dem til å se hva som vil skje etter dem?
B1930: Og jeg så at intet er bedre for mennesket enn at han gleder sig ved sitt arbeid; for det er det gode som blir ham til del; for hvem lar ham få se det som skal komme efter ham?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ecclesiastes 2:24
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.
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Ecclesiastes 3:11–12
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.
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Ecclesiastes 8:7
Since no one knows what will happen, who can tell him what is to come?
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Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?
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Ecclesiastes 10:14
Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
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Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
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Philippians 4:4–5
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
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Ecclesiastes 2:10–11
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
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