7Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.


In Context

4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead lion.

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

6 Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more for ever a portion in all that is done under the sun.

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

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

9 Enjoy life 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 life, and in thy labour wherein thou art labouring under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine with a joyful heart, for it is now that God favors what you do.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go then, and eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with gladness: because thy works please God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:7Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:7Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works.