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The Book of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, Verse 13

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I know that [there is] no good in them, but for [a man] to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
King James Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.
American Standard Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
New English Translation
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
World English Bible
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
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I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth [it], that [men] should fear before him.
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That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, [that] wickedness [was] there; and the place of righteousness, [that] iniquity [was] there.
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I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for [there is] a time there for every purpose and for every work.
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I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts.
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For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all [is] vanity.
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All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
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Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
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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?
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So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of [such as were] oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors [there was] power; but they had no comforter.