Ecclesiastes 6:7
What does Ecclesiastes 6:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 6:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
KJV
King James Version · 1611All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862All the labour of man <FI>is<Fi> for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 5:10
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
- Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
- John 6:27
Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.
- 1 Timothy 6:6
But godliness with contentment is great gain:
- Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
- Matthew 6:25
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
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