Ecclesiastes 6:7
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Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

All man’s labor is for his stomach,
yet the appetite is never satisfied.

New American Standard Bible

All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified

All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied.

Bible in Basic English

All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

All the labor of man for his mouth, and also the soul shall not be filled.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

All of a man's toil [is] for his mouth-- yet his appetite is never satisfied.

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

All the labour that man taketh is for himself, and yet his desire is never filled after his mind.

NET Bible

All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach -- yet his appetite is never satisfied!

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

All the toil of man, is for his mouth, - though, even the desire, is not satisfied!

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Themes

Appetites » The power of appetite

Power » Spiritual, general references to » Of appetite

Unsatisfied » Gratification of appetite

Topics

Being Unsatisfied

Famine Coming

Working For Food

Famine Will Come

Addiction

effort

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
All the labour
H5999
עמל 
`amal 
labour, hief, misery, travail, trouble, sorrow, grievance, grievousness, iniquity, miserable, pain, painful, perverseness, toil, wearisome, wickedness
Usage: 55

of man
H120
אדם 
'adam 
man, men, Adam, person, common sort , hypocrite
Usage: 541

is for his mouth
H6310
פּה 
Peh 
mouth, commandment, edge, according, word, hole, end, appointment, portion, tenor, sentence,
Usage: 497

and yet the appetite
H5315
נפשׁ 
Nephesh 
soul, life, person, mind, heart, creature, body, himself, yourselves, dead, will, desire, man, themselves, any, appetite,
Usage: 753

References

Hastings

Ecclesiastes

Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 6:7

Verse Info

Context Readings

One Must Learn To Be Content With What One Has

6 And if he lives a thousand years twice, but does not experience happiness, do not both go to the same place? 7 All man’s labor is for his stomach,
yet the appetite is never satisfied. 8 What advantage then does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage is there for the poor person who knows how to conduct himself before others?


Cross References

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him
because his hunger urges him on.

Genesis 3:17-19

And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:

The ground is cursed because of you.
You will eat from it by means of painful labor
all the days of your life.

Ecclesiastes 5:10

The one who loves money is never satisfied with money, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

Ecclesiastes 6:3

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Matthew 6:25

“This is why I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

Luke 12:19

Then I’ll say to myself, “You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”

1 Timothy 6:6-8

But godliness with contentment is a great gain.

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