Ecclesiastes 6:7
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New American Standard Bible

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

King James Version

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Holman Bible

All man’s labor is for his stomach,
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.

Bible in Basic English

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

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.

Themes

Appetites » The power of appetite

Power » Spiritual, general references to » Of appetite

Unsatisfied » Gratification of appetite

Topics

Being Unsatisfied

Famine Coming

Working For Food

Famine Will Come

Addiction

effort

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
All the labour
H5999
עמל 
`amal 
labour, hief, misery, travail, trouble, sorrow, grievance, grievousness, iniquity, miserable, pain, painful, perverseness, toil, wearisome, wickedness
Usage: 55

of man
H120
אדם 
'adam 
man, men, Adam, person, common sort , hypocrite
Usage: 541

is for his mouth
H6310
פּה 
Peh 
mouth, commandment, edge, according, word, hole, end, appointment, portion, tenor, sentence,
Usage: 497

and yet the appetite
H5315
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
soul, life, person, mind, heart, creature, body, himself, yourselves, dead, will, desire, man, themselves, any, appetite,
Usage: 753

References

Hastings

Ecclesiastes

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:7

Verse Info

Context Readings

One Must Learn To Be Content With What One Has

6 Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things—do not all go to one place?” 7 All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied. 8 For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living?


Cross References

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him,
For his hunger urges him on.

Genesis 3:17-19

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
In toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, “Better the miscarriage than he,

Matthew 6:25

“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?

Luke 12:19

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry.”’

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.”

1 Timothy 6:6-8

But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment.

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