Ecclesiastes 6:7

In 11 translations

BSB

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.Hebrew filled

KJV

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.appetite: Heb. soul

WEB

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

ASV

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

LSV

All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, || And yet the soul is not filled.

YLT

All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

DBY

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

DRC

All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

GNV

All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

JPS

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

LXXE

All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כָּל־עֲמַ֥ל הָאָדָ֖ם לְפִ֑יהוּ וְגַם־הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ לֹ֥א תִמָּלֵֽא׃

LXX-Br

Πᾶς μόχθος ἀνθρώπου εἰς στόμα αὐτοῦ, καί γε ἡ ψυχὴ οὐ πληρωθήσεται.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• John 6:27Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
• Proverbs 16:26A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
• 1 Timothy 6:6–8Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.
• Matthew 6:25Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
• Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better…
• Ecclesiastes 5:10He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
• Luke 12:19Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
• Genesis 3:17–19And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the…

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