King James Version
Ecclesiastes 3:13 in the King James Version says “And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 3 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.”
Ecclesiastes 3:13 · KJV
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.
I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life.
And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.
I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. that which is past: Heb. that which is driven away
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“And also that every man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“and enjoy”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“the good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all his labour”
H5999toil, i.e., wearing effort; hence, worry, whether of body or mind
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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