Ecclesiastes 6:7
כָּל ־ עֲמַל הָאָדָם לְפִיהוּ וְגַם ־ הַנֶּפֶשׁ לֹא תִמָּלֵֽא ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
In Context
8כִּי מַה ־ יּוֹתֵר לֶחָכָם מִֽן ־ הַכְּסִיל מַה ־ לֶּעָנִי יוֹדֵעַ לַהֲלֹךְ נֶגֶד הַחַיִּֽים ׃
Cross References
Genesis 3:17וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּֽי ־ שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן ־ הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָֽאֲדָמָה בַּֽעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּֽיךָ ׃
Ecclesiastes 1:8כָּל ־ הַדְּבָרִים יְגֵעִים לֹא ־ יוּכַל אִישׁ לְדַבֵּר לֹא ־ תִשְׂבַּע עַיִן לִרְאוֹת וְלֹא ־ תִמָּלֵא אֹזֶן מִשְּׁמֹֽעַ ׃
Ecclesiastes 5:10בִּרְבוֹת הַטּוֹבָה רַבּוּ אוֹכְלֶיהָ וּמַה ־ כִּשְׁרוֹן לִבְעָלֶיהָ כִּי אִם ־ ראית עֵינָֽיו ׃
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 6:2-7
The Miseries of Covetousness. 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 3 If a man beget a hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I… Read the whole commentary →