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Myles Coverdale Bible

Ecclesiastes 3:13

For all yt a man eateth & drynketh, yee what so euer a ma enioyeth of all his labor, ye same is a gift of God.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Contentment;   Gifts from God;   Happiness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Enjoyment;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   The Topic Concordance - Enjoyment;   Giving and Gifts;   God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Gifts of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Death, Mortality;   Gift;   Time;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Life;   Providence;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for September 21;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
It is also the gift of God whenever anyone eats, drinks, and enjoys all his efforts.
Hebrew Names Version
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
King James Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
English Standard Version
also that everyone should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil—this is God's gift to man.
New American Standard Bible
moreover, that every person who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
New Century Version
God wants all people to eat and drink and be happy in their work, which are gifts from God.
Amplified Bible
and also that every man should eat and drink and see and enjoy the good of all his labor—it is the gift of God.
World English Bible
Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
Legacy Standard Bible
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks and sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.
Berean Standard Bible
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor-this is the gift of God.
Contemporary English Version
because God's gift to us is the happiness we get from our food and drink and from the work we do.
Complete Jewish Bible
Still, the fact that everyone can eat and drink and enjoy the good that results from all his work, is a gift of God.
Darby Translation
yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.
Easy-to-Read Version
God wants everyone to eat, drink, and enjoy their work. These are gifts from God.
George Lamsa Translation
And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor; it is the gift of the LORD.
Good News Translation
All of us should eat and drink and enjoy what we have worked for. It is God's gift.
Lexham English Bible
And for anyone to eat and drink, that is, to enjoy the fruit of all his toil, this also is a gift of God.
Literal Translation
And also every man that eats and drinks, and sees good in his labor, it is the gift of God.
American Standard Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Bible in Basic English
And for every man to take food and drink, and have joy in all his work, is a reward from God.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.
King James Version (1611)
And also that euery man should eate and drinke, and enioy the good of all his labour: it is the gift of God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labour, this is a gift of God.
English Revised Version
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi ech man that etith and drinkith, and seeth good of his trauel; this is the yifte of God.
Update Bible Version
And also that all of man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
Webster's Bible Translation
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it [is] the gift of God.
New English Translation
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
New King James Version
and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor--it is the gift of God.
New Living Translation
And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.
New Life Bible
And I know that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his work. It is the gift of God.
New Revised Standard
moreover, it is God's gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Though indeed, that any man should eat and drink, and see blessedness, in all his toil, it is, the gift of God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.
Revised Standard Version
also that it is God's gift to man that every one should eat and drink and take pleasure in all his toil.
Young's Literal Translation
yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it [is] a gift of God.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor—it is the gift of God.

Contextual Overview

11 All this hath he ordened maruelous goodly, to euery thinge his due tyme. He hath plated ignoraunce also in the hertes of men, yt they shulde not fynde out ye grounde of his workes, which he doth from ye beginninge to ye ende. 12 So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth. 13 For all yt a man eateth & drynketh, yee what so euer a ma enioyeth of all his labor, ye same is a gift of God. 14 I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him. 15 The thinge yt hath bene, is now: & the thinge yt is for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thinge that was past.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:24, Ecclesiastes 5:18-20, Ecclesiastes 6:2, Ecclesiastes 9:7, Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:31, Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Judges 6:3-6, Psalms 128:2, Isaiah 65:21-23

Reciprocal: Ruth 3:7 - his heart 1 Chronicles 29:22 - eat and drink Nehemiah 8:10 - Go your way Ecclesiastes 5:19 - to whom Ecclesiastes 6:9 - Better Ecclesiastes 8:15 - Then I Ecclesiastes 9:9 - for Ecclesiastes 11:8 - rejoice 1 Corinthians 7:31 - use 1 Timothy 2:2 - that 1 Timothy 6:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
Then saide the serpent vnto the woman: Tush, ye shall not dye the death.
Genesis 3:6
And the woman sawe that ye tre was good to eate of, and lustye vnto the eyes, and a pleasaunt tre to make wyse, and toke of the frute of it, and ate, and gaue vnto hir husbande also therof, and he ate.
Genesis 3:9
And ye LORDE God called Adam, and sayde vnto him: Where art thou?
Genesis 3:10
And he saide: I herde thy voyce in the garden, and was afrayed, because I am naked, and therfore I hyd my self.
Genesis 3:12
Then sayde Adam: The woman which thou gauest me (to beare me company) gaue me of the tre, and I ate.
Genesis 44:15
Ioseph sayde vnto them: What maner of dede is this, that ye haue done? Knewe ye not, that soch a man as I am, can prophecy?
1 Samuel 13:11
But Samuel sayde: What hast thou done? Saul answered: I sawe that the people was scatered abrode fro me, and thou camest not in due season: and the Philistynes were gathered together at Michmas.
2 Samuel 3:24
Then wente Ioab in to the kynge, and sayde: What hast thou done? Beholde, Abner came to the, why hast thou sent him from the, that he is gone his waye?
John 18:35
Pilate answered: Am I a Iewe? Thy people and the hye prestes haue delyuered the vnto me. What hast thou done?
1 Timothy 2:14
Adam also was not disceaued, but the woman was disceaued, and hath brought in the trasgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And also that every man should eat and drink,.... Not to excess, but in moderation; and yet freely, plentifully, and cheerfully; and not alone, but giving the poor a portion with him; and in all having in view the glory of God, 1 Corinthians 10:31;

and enjoy the good of all his labour; take the comfort of what he has been labouring for, and not lay it up for, and leave it to, he knows not who: the Targum is,

"and see good in his days, and cause his children, at the time of his death, to inherit all his labour;''

it [is] the gift of God; not only to have, but to enjoy, and make a proper use of the mercies of life. This is the same doctrine which is delivered Ecclesiastes 2:24.


 
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