Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsGo thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.
Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; forGod hath already accepted thy works.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — 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).