Ecclesiastes 3:13 “and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in…”

Ecclesiastes 3:13

and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of 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.

Young's Literal Translation

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a 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.

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Cross references

“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”

Ecclesiastes 2:24 Ecclesiastes 9:7 Isaiah 65:21–23 Psalm 128:2 Ecclesiastes 5:18–20 Ecclesiastes 6:2

Ecclesiastes 2:24 · BSB

Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 · BSB

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Isaiah 65:21–23 · BSB

They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Psalm 128:2 · BSB

For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

Ecclesiastes 5:18–20 · BSB

Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

Ecclesiastes 6:2 · BSB

God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live,

14I know that everything God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it or taken from it. God does it so that they should fear Him.

Read Ecclesiastes 3