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Ecclesiastes 3:13

WorkGratitudeContentmentGod's love

11 He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men, yet they cannot fathom the work that God has done from beginning to end.

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

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

14 I 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.

15 What exists has already been, and what will be has already been, for God will call to account what has passed.

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BSB
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
KJV
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
WEB
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
ASV
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
DARBY
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
BLB
and also [that] every man should eat and drink and see good in all his toil—it [is] a gift of God.
ÅB
men når et menneske, hvem det så er, får spise og drikke og unne seg gode dager til gjengjeld for alt sitt strev, så er også det en Guds gave.
OTB
Dessuten, at hver enkelt kan spise og drikke og finne tilfredsstillelse i alt sitt strev—dette er Guds gave.
B1930
men når et menneske, hvem det så er, får ete og drikke og unne sig gode dager til gjengjeld for alt sitt strev, så er også det en Guds gave.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 9:7

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

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  • Ecclesiastes 2:24

    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.

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  • Isaiah 65:21–23

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

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  • Psalms 128:2

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

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  • Ecclesiastes 5:18–20

    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.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:30–31

    You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

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