Ecclesiastes 3:13
Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, and see good in all his labor, this is a gift of God.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
12I know that there is no good in them, except for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:30you shall take a wife, and another man shall have her; you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell in it; you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes of it.
Judges 6:3And it came to pass when the children of Israel sowed, that Madiam and Amalec went up, and the children of the east went up together with them.
Ecclesiastes 2:24A man has nothing really good to eat, and to drink, and to show his soul as good in his trouble. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:2a man to whom God shall give wealth, and substance, and honor, and he wants nothing for his soul of all things that he shall desire, yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, for a stranger shall devour it: this is vanity, and an evil infirmity.
Isaiah 65:21and they shall build houses, and themselves shall dwell in them; and they shall plant vineyards, and themselves shall eat the fruit thereof.
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 →