7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.


In Context

4 For it cometh in vanity, and departeth in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness;

5 moreover it hath not seen nor known the sun: this hath rest rather than the other.

6 Yea, though he live twice a thousand years, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

8 For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

9 Better is the seeing of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this also is vanity and pursuit of the wind.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labour of man [is] for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All man's efforts are for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.