Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the
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.
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.
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
Topics
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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 So I perceived, that in these things there is nothing better for a man, then to be merry and to do well so long as he liveth. 13 For all that a man eateth and drinketh, yea whatsoever a man enjoyeth of all his labor, the same is a gift of God. 14 I considered also that whatsoever God doth, it continueth forever, and that nothing can be put unto it, nor taken from it: And that God doth it to the intent that men should fear him.
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 2:24
Is it not better then for a man to eat and drink, and his soul to be merry in his labour? Yea I saw that this also was a gift of God:
Deuteronomy 28:30-31
Thou shalt be betrothed unto a wife, and another shall lie with her. Thou shalt build a house and another shall dwell therein. Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not make it common.
Deuteronomy 28:47-48
And because thou servedest not the LORD thy God with joyfulness and with a good heart for the abundance of all things,
Judges 6:3-6
For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them,
Psalm 128:2
For thou shalt eat the labours of thine own hands; O well is thee, and happy shalt thou be.
Ecclesiastes 5:18-20
Therefore me think it a better and fairer thing, a man to eat and drink, and to be refreshed of all his labour that he taketh under the Sun all the days of his life which God giveth him: for this is his portion.
Ecclesiastes 6:2
When God giveth a man riches, goods and honour, so that he wanteth nothing of all that his heart can desire, and yet God giveth him not leave to enjoy the same, but another man spendeth them. This is a vain thing and a miserable plague.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thou thy way then, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness, for thy works please God.
Isaiah 65:21-23
They shall build houses, and dwell in them: they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.