Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Holman Bible
yet the appetite is never satisfied.
International Standard Version
Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.
A Conservative Version
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
American Standard Version
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Amplified
All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied.
Darby Translation
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Julia Smith Translation
All the labor of man for his mouth, and also the soul shall not be filled.
King James 2000
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All of a man's toil [is] for his mouth-- yet his appetite is never satisfied.
Modern King James verseion
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.
NET Bible
All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!
New Heart English Bible
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
The Emphasized Bible
All the toil of man, is for his mouth, - though, even the desire, is not satisfied!
Webster
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
World English Bible
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Youngs Literal Translation
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
Interlinear
`amal
Peh
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
One Must Learn To Be Content With What One Has
6 And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place? 7 All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food. 8 What have the wise more than the foolish? and what has the poor man by walking wisely before the living?
Cross References
Proverbs 16:26
The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
Genesis 3:17-19
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who has a love for silver never has enough silver, or he who has love for wealth, enough profit. This again is to no purpose.
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.
Matthew 6:25
So I say to you, Take no thought for your life, about food or drink, or about clothing for your body. Is not life more than food, and the body more than its clothing?
Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have a great amount of goods in store, enough for a number of years; be at rest, take food and wine and be happy.
John 6:27
Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
1 Timothy 6:6-8
But true faith, with peace of mind, is of great profit: