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Updated Bible Version

Ecclesiastes 3:13

And also that all of man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, 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

Legacy Standard Bible
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the 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.
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.
Darby Translation
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of 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.
Literal Translation
And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labor, 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.
World English Bible
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of 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.
Hebrew Names Version
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Good News Translation
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
Christian Standard Bible®
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte 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.

Contextual Overview

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time: also he has set eternity in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God has done from the beginning even to the end. 12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live. 13 And also that all of man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. 14 I know that, whatever God does, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God has done it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which is has been long ago; and that which is to be has long ago been: and God seeks again that which has passed away.

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
And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die:
Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:9
And Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, Where are you?
Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Genesis 44:15
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? don't you know that a man such as I can indeed use magic [to find out]?
1 Samuel 13:11
And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn't come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
2 Samuel 3:24
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? look, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone?
John 18:35
Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me: what have you done?
1 Timothy 2:14
and Adam wasn't beguiled, but the woman being beguiled has fallen into 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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