Ecclesiastes 3:13

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

And also that every man {H120} should eat {H398} and drink {H8354}, and enjoy {H7200} the good {H2896} of all his labour {H5999}, it is the gift {H4991} of God {H430}.

Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 128:2 (8 votes)

    For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy [shalt] thou [be], and [it shall be] well with thee.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24 (8 votes)

    [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7 (8 votes)

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

  • Isaiah 65:21 (7 votes)

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Isaiah 65:23 (7 votes)

    They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they [are] the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18 (5 votes)

    ¶ Behold [that] which I have seen: [it is] good and comely [for one] to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it [is] his portion.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:20 (5 votes)

    For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth [him] in the joy of his heart.