Ecclesiastes 2:25
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Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?

who can

Ecclesiastes 1:12 I Ecclesiastes was king over Israel in Jerusalem,

1 Kings 4:21-24 And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him all the days of his life. . . .

Context
The Futility of Work
24Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God. 25Who shall so feast and abound with delights as I?26God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.…
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 2:26
God hath given to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he hath given vexation, and superfluous care, to heap up and to gather together, and to give it to him that hath pleased God: but this also is vanity, and a fruitless solicitude of the mind.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

apart from
ח֥וּץ (ḥūṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors

Him,
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

who
מִ֥י (mî)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can eat
יֹאכַ֛ל (yō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

and who
וּמִ֥י (ū·mî)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix

can find enjoyment?
יָח֖וּשׁ (yā·ḥūš)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2363: To hurry, to be eager with excitement, enjoyment


Additional Translations
For apart from Him, who can eat and who can find enjoyment?For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I?

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

For who shall eat, or who shall drink, without him?

For who can eat, or who be eager, more than I?

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

For who can eat, or who else can hasten to it more than I?

For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?

For who eateth and who hasteth out more than I?
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