Ecclesiastes 3:12

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Bible in Basic English ☆

I am certain that there is nothing better for a man than to be glad, and to do good while life is in him.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Darby Translation ☆

I know that there is nothing good for them but to rejoice and to do well in their life;

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.

Noyes Bible ☆

I know that there is nothing better for a man than that he should rejoice and enjoy good his life long.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

I know that there is nothing good [inherent] in them, but for every one to rejoice and to do what is good during [all] his life.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to get pleasure so long as they live.

King James Version ☆

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

Webster Bible ☆

I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

Revised Version ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

I know that there is no good in them, Except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

World English Bible ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World English Bible Classic ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World English Bible Updated ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World Messianic Bible ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice, and to do good as long as they live.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

I have known that there is no good for them except to rejoice and to do good during their life,

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

I have da'as that there is nothing better for adam, than that they have simchah and do tov while they live.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

عَرَفْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ، إِلَّا أَنْ يَفْرَحُوا وَيَفْعَلُوا خَيْرًا فِي حَيَاتِهِمْ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ရွှင်လန်းခြင်းအမှုနှင့် အသက်ရှင်စဉ်တွင် ကျေးဇူး ပြုခြင်း အမှုမှတပါး အခြားသော အမှုအရာတို့၌၊ အကျိုး ကျေးဇူးမရှိသည်ကို ငါသိ၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ရွှင်လန်း ခြင်းအမှုနှင့် အသက်ရှင် စဉ် တွင်ကျေးဇူး ပြု ခြင်း အမှုမှတပါး အခြားသော အမှုအရာတို့၌၊ အကျိုး ကျေးဇူးမ ရှိသည်ကို ငါသိ ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hing thung kami loe anghoe moe, kahoih hmuen sak pongah kahoih kue hmuen tidoeh om ai boeh, tiah ka panoek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Amah hingnah dongah kohoe ham neh a then saii ham lakah amih ham a then a om moenih.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

我知道世人，莫强如终身喜乐行善；

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

我知道世人，莫強如終身喜樂行善；

World Chinese Bible ☆

我知道，对他们来说，没有什么比一生喜乐、行善更好。

Croatian Bible ☆

Znam da nije druge sreće čovjeku osim da se veseli i čini dobro za svojega života.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Odtud seznávám, že nic lepšího nemají, než aby se veselili, a činili dobře v životě svém,

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Jeg skønnede, at der ikke gives noget andet Gode for dem end at glæde sig og have det godt, så længe de lever.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Ik heb gemerkt, dat er niets beters voor henlieden is, dan zich te verblijden, en goed te doen in zijn leven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Zo begreep ik, dat er niets beter is voor den mens, Dan zich verheugen en zich te goed doen in het leven.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mi scias, ke ekzistas nenia bono por ili, krom ĝoji kaj fari bonon en sia vivo.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

J’ai connu qu’il n’y a rien de bon pour eux, sauf de se réjouir et de se faire du bien pendant leur vie ;

French Ostervald Bible ☆

J'ai reconnu qu'il n'y a rien de bon pour les hommes, que de se réjouir et de bien faire pendant leur vie.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

J’ai reconnu qu’il n’y a de bonheur pour eux qu’à se réjouir et à se donner du bien-être pendant leur vie;

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Je sais qu'il n'y a rien de mieux pour eux que de se réjouir et de faire le bien pendant leur vie.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ich habe erkannt, daß es nichts Besseres unter ihnen gibt, als sich zu freuen und sich in seinem Leben gütlich zu tun;

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Darum merkte ich, daß nichts Besseres darin ist denn fröhlich sein und sich gütlich tun in seinem Leben.

German Textbibel ☆

Ich erkannte, daß es unter ihnen nichts besseres giebt, als sich zu freuen und sich in seinem Leben gütlich zu thun.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ich habe erkannt, daß es nichts Besseres gibt unter ihnen, als sich zu freuen und Gutes zu tun in seinem Leben;

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἔγνων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, εἰ μὴ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἔγνων ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγαθὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς, εἰ μὴ τοῦ εὐφρανθῆναι καὶ τοῦ ποιεῖν ἀγαθὸν ἐν ζωῇ αὐτοῦ·

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Mwen wè pi bon bagay yon moun ka fè nan lavi, se fè kè ou kontan epi se fè sa ou vin pou fè a byen.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Ua ike au, aohe mea maikai iloko o ia mau mea, ke ole e hauoli [ke kanaka,] a e hana maikai i kona ola ana.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין טֹ֖וב בָּ֑ם כִּ֣י אִם־לִשְׂמֹ֔וחַ וְלַעֲשֹׂ֥ות טֹ֖וב בְּחַיָּֽיו׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ידעתי כי אין טוב בם כי אם לשמוח ולעשות טוב בחייו׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Io ho conosciuto che fra essi non vi è altro bene, che di rallegrarsi, e di far bene in vita sua .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Io ho riconosciuto che non v’è nulla di meglio per loro del rallegrarsi e del procurarsi del benessere durante la loro vita,

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

私は、人にとって、生きている間に喜び、良いことを行う以上に良いことはないと知っている。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

사람이 사는 동안에 기뻐하며 선을 행하는 것보다 나은 것이 없는 줄을 내가 알았고

Kosraean Bible ☆

Ke ma inge nga akilen lah ma kut ku in oru pa in engan ac oru wo ke kuiyasr nufon ke lusen moul lasr uh.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et cognovi quod non esset melius nisi lætari, et facere bene in vita sua;

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

پس فهمیدم که برای ایشان چیزی بهتر از این نیست که شادی کنند و در حیات خودبه نیکویی مشغول باشند.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Eu sei que não há nada melhor para eles do que se alegrarem e fazerem o bem enquanto viverem.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Tenho percebido que não há coisa melhor para eles do que se alegrarem e fazerem o bem em suas vidas;

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Știu că nu este nimic bun în ei, decât pentru cineva să se bucure și să facă bine în viața sa.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ам ажунс сэ куноск кэ ну есте алтэ феричире пентру ей декыт сэ се букуре ши сэ трэяскэ бине ын вяца лор;

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Познал я, что нет для них ничего лучшего, как веселиться и делать доброе в жизни своей.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Doznah da nema ništa bolje za njih nego da se vesele i čine dobro za života svog.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дознах да нема ништа боље за њих него да се веселе и чине добро за живота свог.

Mashi Bible ☆

Nyumvirhage oku obusîme bw’omuntu mwône bubà omu kununirwa n’omu kushagaluka amango acihali.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Yo he conocido que no hay mejor para ellos, que alegrarse, y hacer bien en su vida:

Spanish BLL ☆

Por eso concluí que no hay nada mejor para el hombre que alegrarse y disfrutar de la vida mientras pueda.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Yo he conocido que no hay para ellos cosa mejor que alegrarse y hacer bien en su vida;

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Estoy seguro de que no hay nada mejor para un hombre que estar contento y hacer el bien mientras la vida está en él.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

Sé que nada hay mejor para ellos que gozarse y hacer bien en sus vidas.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻOku ou ʻilo ʻoku ʻikai ha lelei ʻi ai, ka koeʻuhi ke fiefia ʻae tangata, pea ke fai lelei ʻi heʻene moʻui.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Зрозумів я, що їм нема нїчого лучшого, як веселитись і чинити добре, поки й життя їх.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Зрозумів я, що їм нема нїчого лучшого, як веселитись і чинити добре, поки й життя їх.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Vậy, ta nhìn biết chẳng có điều gì tốt cho loài người hơn là vui vẻ, và làm lành trọn đời mình.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

יָדַ֕עְתִּי כִּ֛י אֵ֥ין ט֖וֹב בָּ֑ם כִּ֣י אִם־לִשְׂמ֔וֹחַ וְלַעֲשׂ֥וֹת ט֖וֹב בְּחַיָּֽיו׃