Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied. New Living Translation All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough. English Standard Version All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied. Berean Standard Bible All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. King James Bible All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. New King James Version All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied. New American Standard Bible All a person’s labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied. NASB 1995 All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied. NASB 1977 All a man’s labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied. Legacy Standard Bible All a man’s labor is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not fulfilled. Amplified Bible All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied. Christian Standard Bible All of a person’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied. Holman Christian Standard Bible All man’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied. American Standard Version All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Contemporary English Version We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied. English Revised Version All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. GOD'S WORD® Translation Everything that people work so hard for goes into their mouths, but their appetite is never satisfied. Good News Translation We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough. International Standard Version Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied. Majority Standard Bible All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. NET Bible All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach--yet his appetite is never satisfied! New Heart English Bible All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Webster's Bible Translation All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. World English Bible All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAll the labor of man [is] for his mouth, "" And yet the soul is not filled. Young's Literal Translation All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled. Smith's Literal Translation All the labor of man for his mouth, and also the soul shall not be filled. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAll the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled. Catholic Public Domain Version Every labor of man is for his mouth, but his soul will not be filled. New American Bible All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is never satisfied. New Revised Standard Version All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAll the labor of a man is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not filled. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated All that a man labors goes into his mouth and his soul is not full OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917All the labour of man is for his mouth, And yet the appetite is not filled. Brenton Septuagint Translation All the labour of a man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite shall not be satisfied. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Futility of Life…6even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place? 7All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied. 8What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?… Cross References Proverbs 16:26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward. Proverbs 27:20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing. Ecclesiastes 4:8 There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task. Ecclesiastes 5:10 He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile. Isaiah 55:2 Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods. Micah 6:14 You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword. Haggai 1:6 You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” Matthew 6:25-34 Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? / Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? / Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? ... Luke 12:22-31 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. / For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. / Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds! ... John 6:27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.” John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst. Philippians 3:19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things. 1 Timothy 6:8-10 But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. / Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction. / For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows. Treasury of Scripture All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. the labour Genesis 3:17-19 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; … Proverbs 16:26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? appetite Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget an 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 say, that an untimely birth is better than he. Ecclesiastes 5:10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. Jump to Previous Appetite Desire Efforts Filled Food Labor Mouth Satisfied Soul Toil WorkJump to Next Appetite Desire Efforts Filled Food Labor Mouth Satisfied Soul Toil WorkEcclesiastes 6 1. the vanity of riches without use3. though a man have many children and a long life 7. the vanity of sight and wandering desires 10. The conclusion of vanities All a man's labor The phrase "All a man's labor" refers to the entirety of human effort and toil. In the Hebrew text, the word for "labor" is "עֲמָל" (amal), which conveys a sense of wearisome toil or hard work. This reflects the human condition post-Fall, where labor became burdensome (Genesis 3:17-19). Historically, this toil encompasses both physical and mental exertion, highlighting the universal struggle of mankind to provide for basic needs. is for his mouth yet his appetite is never satisfied Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Allכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every a man’s הָאָדָ֖ם (hā·’ā·ḏām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being labor עֲמַ֥ל (‘ă·mal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5999: Toil, wearing effort, worry, wheth, of body, mind [is] for his mouth, לְפִ֑יהוּ (lə·p̄î·hū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to yet וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and his appetite הַנֶּ֖פֶשׁ (han·ne·p̄eš) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion is never לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no satisfied. תִמָּלֵֽא׃ (ṯim·mā·lê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of Links Ecclesiastes 6:7 NIVEcclesiastes 6:7 NLT Ecclesiastes 6:7 ESV Ecclesiastes 6:7 NASB Ecclesiastes 6:7 KJV Ecclesiastes 6:7 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 6:7 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 6:7 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 6:7 French Bible Ecclesiastes 6:7 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labor of man (Ecclesiast. 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