Ecclesiastes 8:15
Parallel Strong's
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have praised mirth because there is no good to man under the sun except to eat and to drink, and to rejoice, and it remaineth with him of his labour the days of his life that God hath given to him under the sun.

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

Hebrew
So I
אֲנִי֙ (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

commended
וְשִׁבַּ֤חְתִּֽי (wə·šib·baḥ·tî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7623: To address in a, loud tone, loud, to pacify

the enjoyment of life,
הַשִּׂמְחָ֔ה (haś·śim·ḥāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

because
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

there is nothing
אֵֽין־ (’ên-)
Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

better
ט֤וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

for a man
לָֽאָדָם֙ (lā·’ā·ḏām)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

under
תַּ֣חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun
הַשֶּׁ֔מֶשׁ (haš·še·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

than
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

to eat
לֶאֱכ֥וֹל (le·’ĕ·ḵō·wl)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 398: To eat

and drink
וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת (wə·liš·tō·wṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

and be merry.
וְלִשְׂמ֑וֹחַ (wə·liś·mō·w·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 8055: To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome

For this [joy]
וְה֞וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will accompany
יִלְוֶ֣נּוּ (yil·wen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend

him in his labor
בַעֲמָל֗וֹ (ḇa·‘ă·mā·lōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind

during the days
יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of his life
חַיָּ֛יו (ḥay·yāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

that
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

gives
נָֽתַן־ (nā·ṯan-)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

him under
תַּ֥חַת (ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition
Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

the sun.
הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃ (haš·šā·meš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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