Ecclesiastes 3:13
And also that euery man eateth and drinketh, and seeth the commoditie of all his labour. this is the gift of God.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
12I know that there is nothing good in them, but to reioyce, and to doe good in his life.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:30Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lye with her: thou shalt builde an house, and shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eate the fruite.
Judges 6:3When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the East, and came vpon them,
Ecclesiastes 2:24There is no profit to man: but that he eate, and drinke, and delight his soule with the profit of his labour: I saw also this, that it was of the hand of God.
Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God hath giuen riches and treasures and honour, and he wanteth nothing for his soule of all that it desireth: but God giueth him not power to eate thereof, but a strange man shall eate it vp: this is vanitie, and this is an euill sicknesse.
Isaiah 65:21And they shall build houses and inhabite them, and they shall plant vineyards, and eate the fruite 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 →