The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
Ecclesiastes 6:7 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
All things are full of weariness beyond uttering. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he who loves abundance, with increase: this also is vanity.
Moreover the profit of the earth is for all. The king profits from the field.
If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he:
For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
I will tell my soul, *Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.*'
Don't work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.*