Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Ecclesiastes 9:7

JoyGratitudeGod's will and calling

5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.

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

8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
KJV
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
WEB
Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
ASV
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
DARBY
Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
BLB
Go, eat your bread with gladness, and drink your wine with a good heart, for already God has accepted your works.
ÅB
Så et da ditt brød med glede og drikk vel til mote din vin! For Gud har for lenge siden godkjent det du gjør.
OTB
Gå da, spis ditt brød med glede, og drikk din vin med et gledelig hjerte, for Gud har allerede godkjent dine gjerninger.
B1930
Så et da ditt brød med glede og drikk vel til mote din vin! For Gud har for lenge siden godkjent det du gjør.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ecclesiastes 3:12–13

    I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 12:7

    And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

    Read in context

  • Ecclesiastes 10:19

    A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

    Read in context

  • Ecclesiastes 8:15

    Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

    Read in context

  • Ecclesiastes 2:24–26

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

    Read in context

  • Nehemiah 8:10–12

    Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

    Read in context

  • 1 Chronicles 16:1–3

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

    Read in context

  • Ecclesiastes 5:18

    Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

    Read in context