"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

Ecclesiastes 3:13 · KJV

“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

I know that {there is} no good in them, but for {a man} to rejoice, and to do good in his life.

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.

Ecclesiastes 3 — Context

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}

Cross References

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.

Isaiah 65:21-23

And they shall build houses, and inhabit {them}; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

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. {should make...: or, delight his senses}

Psalms 128:2

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee.

Ecclesiastes 5:18-20

Behold {that} which I have seen: {it is} good and comely {for one} to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it {is} his portion. {It is good...: Heb. there is a good which is comely, etc} {all the days: Heb. the number of the days}

Deuteronomy 28:30-31

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. {gather...: Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat}

Ecclesiastes 6:2

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.

Judges 6:3-6

And {so} it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;