Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the
Holman Bible
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
International Standard Version
moreover, every person should eat, drink, and enjoy the benefits of everything that he undertakes, since it is a gift from God.
A Conservative Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in 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.
Amplified
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.
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.
Darby Translation
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Julia Smith Translation
And also every man shall eat and drink, and see the good in all his labor; it is the gift of God.
King James 2000
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
Lexham Expanded 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.
Modern King James verseion
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For all that a man eateth and drinketh, yea whatsoever a man enjoyeth of all his labor, the same is a gift of God.
NET Bible
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
New Heart English Bible
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
The Emphasized Bible
Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.
Webster
And also that every man should eat and drink, 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.
Themes
Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
Gifts from God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
the Gifts of God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 3:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
No One Understands God's Mysterious Plan
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.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:24
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.
Deuteronomy 28:30-31
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
Deuteronomy 28:47-48
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Judges 6:3-6
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
Psalm 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
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 6:2
A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Isaiah 65:21-23
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.