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


In Context

4 for it comes in vanity, and departs in darkness, and its name is covered with darkness.

5 Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.

6 Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don't all go to one place?

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

8 For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:7All the labour 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 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.