Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
KJV
Hebrew original
וְ/רָאִ֗יתִי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין טוֹב֙ מֵ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׂמַ֤ח הָ/אָדָם֙ בְּֽ/מַעֲשָׂ֔י/ו כִּי ה֖וּא חֶלְק֑/וֹ כִּ֣י מִ֤י יְבִיאֶ֨/נּוּ֙ לִ/רְא֔וֹת בְּ/מֶ֖ה שֶׁ/יִּהְיֶ֥ה אַחֲרָֽי/ו
Louis Segond 1910
Et j'ai vu qu'il n'y a rien de mieux pour l'homme que de se réjouir de ses oeuvres: c'est là sa part. Car qui le fera jouir de ce qui sera après lui?
KJV
Wherefore I perceive that [there is] nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that [is] his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Salonius
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