Ecclesiastes 3:13

In 11 translations

BSB

and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

KJV

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

WEB

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

ASV

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

LSV

indeed, even every man who eats and has drunk and seen good by all his labor, it [is] a gift of God.

YLT

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.

DBY

yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.Elohim

DRC

For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.

GNV

And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.

JPS

But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.

LXXE

Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, this is a gift of God.

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WLC

וְגַ֤ם כָּל־הָאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְרָאָ֥ה ט֖וֹב בְּכָל־עֲמָל֑וֹ מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא׃

LXX-Br

Καί γε πᾶς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὃς φάγεται καὶ πίεται, καὶ ἴδῃ ἀγαθὸν ἐν παντὶ μόχθῳ αὐτοῦ, δόμα Θεοῦ ἐστιν.

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• Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
• Isaiah 65:21–23They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be…
• Ecclesiastes 2:24Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
• Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.
• Ecclesiastes 5:18–20Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot. Furthermore,…
• Deuteronomy 28:30–31You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit. Your ox will be slaughtered before…
• Deuteronomy 28:47–48Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance, you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place…
• Ecclesiastes 6:2God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
• Judges 6:3–6Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them, encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land.…

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