THEOSISEcclesiastes 3:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And I have found that nothing is better than for a man to rejoice in his work, and that this is his portion. For who shall bring him to know the things that shall be after him?
וְרָאִ֗יתִי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין טוֹב֙ מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׂמַ֤ח הָאָדָם֙ בְּֽמַעֲשָׂ֔יו כִּי־ה֖וּא חֶלְק֑וֹ כִּ֣י מִ֤י יְבִיאֶ֙נּוּ֙ לִרְא֔וֹת בְּמֶ֖ה שֶׁיִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָֽיו׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Eccl 2:24Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.
- Eccl 3:11He hath made all things good in their time, and hath delivered the world to their consideration, so that man cannot find out the work which God hath made from the beginning to the end.
- Eccl 3:12And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.
- Eccl 8:7Because he is ignorant of things past, and things to come he cannot know by any messenger.
- Eccl 10:14A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
- Eccl 6:12
- Eccl 11:9Rejoice therefore, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart be in that which is good in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thy eyes: and know that for all these God will bring thee into judgment.
- Phil 4:4Rejoice in the Lord always: again, I say, rejoice.