Ecclesiastes 9:7

Ecclesiastes chapter 9 · verse 7 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.6As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.

v.7This passage

v.8Let thy garments be always white; and let not thy head lack oil.

Cross references

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

  • 1 Chronicles 16:1

    And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:21

    And they sacrificed sacrifices unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink-offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,

  • John 4:50

    Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

  • 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.

  • Genesis 12:19

    why saidst thou, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:23

    And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days; and they keptotherseven days with gladness.