Ecclesiastes 5:18
Text Analysis

Strong'sHebrewEnglishMorphology
2009 [e]הִנֵּ֞ה
hin-nêh
BeholdInterjection
834 [e]אֲשֶׁר־
’ă-šer-
whatPro-r
7200 [e]רָאִ֣יתִי
rā-’î-ṯî
have seenV-Qal-Perf-1cs
589 [e]אָ֗נִי
’ā-nî
IPro-1cs
2896 [e]ט֣וֹב
ṭō-wḇ
[To be] goodAdj-ms
834 [e]אֲשֶׁר־
’ă-šer-
that whichPro-r
3303 [e]יָפֶ֣ה
yā-p̄eh
[is] beautifulAdj-ms
398 [e]לֶֽאֶכוֹל־
le-’e-ḵō-wl-
to eatPrep-l | V-Qal-Inf
8354 [e]וְ֠לִשְׁתּוֹת
wə-liš-tō-wṯ
and to drinkConj-w, Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf
7200 [e]וְלִרְא֨וֹת
wə-lir-’ō-wṯ
and to seeConj-w, Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf
2896 [e]טוֹבָ֜ה
ṭō-w-ḇāh
goodN-fs
3605 [e]בְּכָל־
bə-ḵāl
in allPrep-b | N-msc
5999 [e]עֲמָל֣וֹ׀
‘ă-mā-lōw
his toilN-msc | 3ms
5998 [e]שֶׁיַּעֲמֹ֣ל
še-ya-‘ă-mōl
that he toilsPro-r | V-Qal-Imperf-3ms
8478 [e]תַּֽחַת־
ta-ḥaṯ-
underPrep
8121 [e]הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ
haš-še-meš
the sunArt | N-cs
4557 [e]מִסְפַּ֧ר
mis-par
allN-msc
3117 [e]יְמֵי־
yə-mê-
the daysN-mpc
2416 [e]חַיָּו
ḥay-yāw
his lifeN-mpc | 3ms
834 [e]אֲשֶׁר־
’ă-šer-
thatPro-r
5414 [e]נָֽתַן־
nā-ṯan-
has givenV-Qal-Perf-3ms
[e]ל֥וֹ
lōw
to himPrep-l | 3ms
430 [e]הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים
hā-’ĕ-lō-hîm
GodArt | N-mp
3588 [e]כִּי־
kî-
forConj
1931 [e]ה֥וּא
it [is]Pro-3ms
2506 [e]חֶלְקֽוֹ׃
ḥel-qōw
his portionN-msc | 3ms





















Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him— for this is his lot.

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, that which I have seen: [It is] good, because beautiful, to eat, and to drink, and to see good in all one’s labour{.htm" title="{"> that he laboureth at under the sun, the number of the days of his life that God hath given to him, for it [is] his portion.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Here is what I have seen to be good: it is appropriate to eat, drink, and experience good in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of his life God has given him, because that is his reward.

New American Standard Bible
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun [during] the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward.

King James Bible
Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.
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