The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; For his mouth craveth it of him.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied. [Prov. 16:26.] American Standard Version (1901) All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Common English Bible All the hard work of humans is for the mouth, but the appetite is never full. Catholic Public Domain Version Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled. |
The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; For his mouth craveth it of him.
All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this also is vanity.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
If a man beget an hundred children and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, but his soul be not filled with good, and moreover he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth to walk before the living?
Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment?
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Work not for the meat which perisheth, but for the meat which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.