Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 9:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 9:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 9:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; forGod hath already accepted thy works. ”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 9:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Goe, eate thy bread with ioy, and drinke thy wine with a cheerefull heart: for God nowe accepteth thy workes.”
Ecclesiastes 9:7 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:7 in Context — Ecclesiastes 9
5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.
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What Does Ecclesiastes 9:7 Mean?
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