Ecclesiastes 3:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 3:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 3:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 3:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it <FI>is<Fi> a gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift ofGod. ”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 3:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 3:13 in Context — Ecclesiastes 3
11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
15 That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 3:13 Mean?
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