Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 3:13

Ecclesiastes chapter 3 · verse 13 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

Context

v.12I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

v.13This passage

v.14I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.

  • Psalms 128:2

    For thou shalt eat the labor of thy hands: Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

    Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24

    There is nothing better for a manthanthat he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

  • Isaiah 65:21

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18

    Behold, that which I have seen to be good and to be comely is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, wherein he laboreth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him: for this is his portion.