13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.


In Context

10 I have seen the travail which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith.

11 He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart, yet so that man cannot find out the work that God hath done from the beginning even to the end.

12 I know that there is nothing better for them, than to rejoice, and to do good so long as they live.

13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God.

14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

15 That which is hath been already; and that which is to be hath already been: and God seeketh again that which is passed away.

Ecclesiastes 3:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:13That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil-this is the gift of God.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:13For every man that eateth and drinketh, and seeth good of his labour, this is the gift of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:13yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:13And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God.