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Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:13

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Contentment;   Gifts from God;   Happiness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Enjoyment;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   The Topic Concordance - Enjoyment;   Giving and Gifts;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gifts of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death, Mortality;   Gift;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Life;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for September 21;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
Hebrew Names Version
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
King James Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
English Standard Version
also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
New American Standard Bible
moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
New Century Version
God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their work, which are gifts from God.
Amplified Bible
and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
World English Bible
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
Berean Standard Bible
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor-this is the gift of God.
Contemporary English Version
because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.
Complete Jewish Bible
Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.
Darby Translation
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
God wants everyone to eat, drink, and enjoy their work. These are gifts from God.
George Lamsa Translation
And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor; it is the gift of the LORD.
Good News Translation
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
Lexham English Bible
And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, to enjoy the fruit of all his toil, this also is a gift of God.
Literal Translation
And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labor, it is the gift of God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For all yt a man eateth & drynketh, yee what so euer a ma enioyeth of all his labor, ye same is a gift of God.
American Standard Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Bible in Basic English
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.
King James Version (1611)
And also that euery man should eate and drinke, and enioy the good of all his labour: it is the gift of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.
English Revised Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.
Update Bible Version
And also that all of man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it [is] the gift of God.
New English Translation
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
New King James Version
and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor--it is the gift of God.
New Living Translation
And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
New Life Bible
And I know that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his work. It is the gift of God.
New Revised Standard
moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
Revised Standard Version
also that it is God's gift to man that every one should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.
Young's Literal Translation
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Contextual Overview

11 He hath made euery thing beautifull in his time: also he hath set the worlde in their heart, yet can not man finde out the worke that God hath wrought fro the beginning euen to the end. 12 I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life. 13 And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God. 14 I knowe that whatsoeuer God shall doe, it shalbe for euer: to it can no man adde, and from it can none diminish: for God hath done it, that they should feare before him. 15 What is that that hath bene? that is nowe: and that that shalbe, hath now bene: for God requireth that which is past.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:31, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Judges 6:3-6, Psalms 128:2, Isaiah 65:21-23

Reciprocal: Ruth 3:7 - his heart 1 Chronicles 29:22 - eat and drink Nehemiah 8:10 - Go your way Ecclesiastes 5:19 - to whom Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better Ecclesiastes 8:15 - Then I Ecclesiastes 9:9 - for Ecclesiastes 11:8 - rejoice 1 Corinthians 7:31 - use 1 Timothy 2:2 - that 1 Timothy 6:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not die at all,
Genesis 3:6
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
Genesis 3:9
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
Genesis 3:10
Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe.
Genesis 3:12
Then the man saide, The woman which thou gauest to be with me, she gaue me of the tree, and I did eate.
Genesis 44:15
Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?
1 Samuel 13:11
And Samuel saide, What hast thou done? Then Saul saide, Because I sawe that the people was scattred from me, and that thou camest not within the daies appoynted, and yt the Philistims gathered themselues together to Michmash,
2 Samuel 3:24
Then Ioab came to the King, and saide, What hast thou done? beholde, Abner came vnto thee, why hast thou sent him away, and he is departed?
John 18:35
Pilate answered, Am I a Iewe? Thine owne nation, and the hie Priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me. What hast thou done?
1 Timothy 2:14
And Adam was not deceiued, but the woman was deceiued, and was in the transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And also that every man should eat and drink,.... Not to excess, but in moderation; and yet freely, plentifully, and cheerfully; and not alone, but giving the poor a portion with him; and in all having in view the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31;

and enjoy the good of all his labour; take the comfort of what he has been labouring for, and not lay it up for, and leave it to, he knows not who: the Targum is,

"and see good in his days, and cause his children, at the time of his death, to inherit all his labour;''

it [is] the gift of God; not only to have, but to enjoy, and make a proper use of the mercies of life. This is the same doctrine which is delivered Ecclesiastes 2:24.


 
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