Ecclesiastes 3:12
Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
KJV
King James Version · 1611I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.
Context
v.11He hath made everything beautiful in its time: also he hath set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.
v.12This passage
v.13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none render unto any one evil for evil; but always follow after that which is good, one toward another, and toward all.
- Luke 11:41
But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, all things are clean unto you.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
- 1 Timothy 6:18
that they do good, that they be rich in good works, that they be ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
- Acts 20:35
In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
- Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?