 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.  A Commentary on Ecclesiastes - Pągina 18per Thomas Pelham Dale - 1873 - 92 pąginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pągines
...themselves of present good for it. Eccles. ii. 24. " There is nothing better for a man than to cat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labours ;" and iii. 12, 13, " 1 know that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoice, and to... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pągines
...found in the writings of Solomon, and substantially under other forms. Thus he says, Eccles. ii. 24, " There is nothing better for a man than that he should...This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God." And again, Eccles. v. 18, 19, " Behold, that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1831 - 240 pągines
...speaks the sense of their dpunken principles. Something towards this signification is that of Solomon, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...he. should make his soul enjoy good in his labour; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see that which shall be after him ?"* But although... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pągines
...and eloquence, they have recited that passage in the twenty-fourth verse of the second chapter — " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his laior," as if it were designed to give loose reins to indulgence. And infidelity, as well as libertinism,... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pągines
...which they should do grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the uighL This is also vanity. 24 If There is nothing better for a man than that he should...drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in bis labour. Tbii also I saw, that it was from Ihe hand of God. Whtt find duet it for ner. CHAP. Ill,... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pągines
...and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 '; Then: labour. A time for all things. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pągines
...thy mouth with pood tittups, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. Ps. cm. 4, 5. There it nothing better for a man than that he should eat and...make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also 1 saw, that it was from the hand of God : for who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto more than... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pągines
...things of this life is no where forbidden : on the contrary, " there is," as Solomon informs us, " nothing better for a man, than that he should eat...he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." Doubtless this concession must be taken with certain restrictions ; for we are not to spend all our... | |
 | George Horne - 1833 - 438 pągines
...it is spoken, want its admirers : it will have the applause of numbers, whose opinion it is, that " there is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat, and drink, and enjoy himself, all the days of his life which God giveth him under the sun." "19. He shall go to the... | |
 | Menzies Rayner - 1833 - 202 pągines
...— and the " third cause of his perdition." We confess we can see no reason for it. Solomon says, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and enjoy good — This also I saw that it was from the hand of God." And Moses says to the Israelites,... | |
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