Interlinear Study Bible

Berean Study Bible
So I - commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than ... to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

English Standard Version
And I commend joy for man has nothing better under the sun but to eat and drink and be joyful for this will go with him in his toil through the days of his life that God has given him under the sun

Holman Christian Standard Version
So I commended enjoyment because there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat, drink, and enjoy himself, for this will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.

King James Version
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat (8800), and to drink (8800), and to be merry (8800): for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Lexham English Bible
So I recommend enjoyment. For there is nothing better for man under the sun than to eat and to drink and to rejoice. This will accompany him in his toil the days of his life that God gives to him under the sun.

New American Standard Version
So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils {throughout} the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.

World English Bible
Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.