Ecclesiastes 3:13 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 3:13

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

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ASV

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

WEB

and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.

YLT

yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

DBT

yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift ofGod.

About this book

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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13 verses on the floor

Ecclesiastes 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Ecclesiastes 2:24
There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.
Isaiah 65:21–23
And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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The vanity of worldly honour and power, which are abused for the support of oppression and persecution if men be not governed by the fear of God in the use of them,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

What have we our beings, capacities, and estates for, but to be some way serviceable to our generation? We mistake if we think we were born for ourselves. No; it is our business to do good; it is in doing good that there is the truest pleasure, and what is so laid out is best laid up and will turn to the best account.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

2 ); but there is also a time to speak for the glory of God and the edification of others, when silence would be the betraying of a righteous cause, and when with the mouth confession is to be made to salvation; and it is a great part of Christian prudence to know when to speak and when to hold our peace.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Which is here added to prove the principal proposition, That all things below are vain, and happiness is not to be found in them, because of their great uncertainty, and mutability, and transitoriness, and because they are so much out of the reach and power of men, and wholly in the disposal of God.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Literally, "And also as to every man who eats . . . this is the gift of God" (Ec 3:22; When received as God's gifts, and to God's glory, the good things of life are enjoyed in their due time and order (Ac 2:46;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ECC 3:13PSA 128:2 ISA 3:10
ECC 3:13PSA 128:2 ECC 5:18-19
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 3:13PSA 128:2 ISA 62:8
ECC 3:13ECC 9:7 ECC 3:12-13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 3:13ECC 2:24 ECC 8:15
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 3:13PSA 128:2 ISA 65:21-23
ECC 3:13PSA 128:2 DEU 28:4
ECC 3:13ECC 2:24 ECC 3:22

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