There is nothing H369 better H2896 for a man, H120 than that he should eat H398 and drink, H8354 and that he should make his soul H5315 enjoy H7200 good H2896 in his labor. H5999 This H2088 also H1571 I saw, H7200 that it was from the hand H3027 of God. H430

Behold H2009 that which H834 I have seen: H7200 it is good H2896 and comely H3303 for one to eat H398 and to drink, H8354 and to enjoy H7200 the good H2896 of all H3605 his labor H5999 that he takes H5998 under H8478 the sun H8121 all H4557 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 which H834 God H430 gives H5414 him: for it is his portion. H2506

For he shall not much H7235 remember H2142 the days H3117 of his life; H2416 because H3588 God H430 answers H6030 him in the joy H8057 of his heart. H3820

A man H376 to whom H834 God H430 has given H5414 riches, H6239 wealth, H5233 and honor, H3519 so that he wants H2638 nothing H369 for his soul H5315 of all H3605 that he desires, H183 yet God H430 gives him not power H7980 to eat H398 thereof, but a stranger H376 H5237 eats H398 it: this H2088 is vanity, H1892 and it is an evil H7451 disease. H2483

Go H3212 your way, eat H398 your bread H3899 with joy, H8057 and drink H8354 your wine H3196 with a merry H2896 heart; H3820 for God H430 now H3528 accepts H7521 your works. H4639

You shall betroth H781 a wife, H802 and another H312 man H376 shall lie H7693 with her: you shall build H1129 an house, H1004 and you shall not dwell H3427 therein: you shall plant H5193 a vineyard, H3754 and shall not gather H2490 the grapes thereof.

Your ox H7794 shall be slain H2873 before your eyes, H5869 and you shall not eat H398 thereof: your ass H2543 shall be violently H1497 taken H1497 away from before your face, and shall not be restored H7725 to you: your sheep H6629 shall be given H5414 to your enemies, H341 and you shall have none H369 to rescue H3467 them.

Because H8478 H834 you served H5647 not the LORD H3068 your God H430 with joyfulness, H8057 and with gladness H2898 of heart, H3824 for the abundance H7230 of all H3605 things;

Therefore shall you serve H5647 your enemies H341 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall send H7971 against you, in hunger, H7457 and in thirst, H6772 and in nakedness, H5903 and in want H2640 of all H3605 things: and he shall put H5414 a yoke H5923 of iron H1270 on your neck, H6677 until H5704 he have destroyed H8045 you.

And so it was, when H518 Israel H3478 had sown, H2232 that the Midianites H4080 came H5927 up, and the Amalekites, H6003 and the children H1121 of the east, H6924 even they came H5927 up against H5921 them;

For they came H5927 up with their cattle H4735 and their tents, H168 and they came H935 as grasshoppers H697 for multitude; H7230 for both they and their camels H1581 were without H369 number: H4557 and they entered H935 into the land H776 to destroy H7843 it.

For you shall eat H398 the labor H3018 of your hands: H3709 happy H835 shall you be, and it shall be well H2896 with you.

And they shall build H1129 houses, H1004 and inhabit H3427 them; and they shall plant H5193 vineyards, H3754 and eat H398 the fruit H6529 of them.

They shall not labor H3021 in vain, H7385 nor H3808 bring H3205 forth H3205 for trouble; H928 for they are the seed H2233 of the blessed H1288 of the LORD, H3068 and their offspring H6631 with them.