Ecclesiastes 3:22
Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore 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?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore 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?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore 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?
Context
v.21Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?
v.22This passage
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 26:10
And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which thou, O Jehovah, hast given me. And thou shalt set it down before Jehovah thy God, and worship before Jehovah thy God:
- Ecclesiastes 6:12
For who knoweth what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?
- Romans 12:11
in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
- Daniel 12:13
But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and shalt stand in thy lot, at the end of the days.
- Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.