Ecclesiastes 3:13

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

12And I have known that there was no better thing than to rejoice, and to do well in this life.

14I have learned that all the works which God hath made, continue for ever: we cannot add any thing, nor take away from those things which God hath made that he may be feared.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:30Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.

Judges 6:3And when Israel had sown, Madian and Amalec, and the rest of the eastern nations came up:

Ecclesiastes 2:24Is it not better to eat and drink, and to shew his soul good things of his labours? and this is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath given riches, and substance, and honour, and his soul wanteth nothing of all that he desireth: yet God doth not give him power to eat thereof, but a stranger shall eat it up. This is vanity and a great misery.

Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruits of them.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 3:12-16

Mutability of Human Affairs. 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 12 I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. 13 And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it 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… Read the whole commentary →

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