Ecclesiastes 2:24
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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King James Bible
[There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

Hebrew
Nothing
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

[is] better
ט֤וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

for man
בָּאָדָם֙ (bā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

than to eat
שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל (še·yō·ḵal)
Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

and drink
וְשָׁתָ֔ה (wə·šā·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

and
וְהֶרְאָ֧ה (wə·her·’āh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

enjoy
רָאִ֣יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see

his work.
בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ (ba·‘ă·mā·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

I
אָ֔נִי (’ā·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have also
גַּם־ (gam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

seen
הִֽיא׃ (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

that
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this [is]
זֹה֙ (zōh)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2090: This, that

from the hand
מִיַּ֥ד (mî·yaḏ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of God.
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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