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PARALLEL BIBLE - Ecclesiastes 6:7


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King James Bible - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour 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.

Douay-Rheims - Ecclesiastes 6:7

All the labour of man is for his mouth, but his soul shall not be filled.

Webster's Bible Translation

All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Original Hebrew

כל
3605 עמל 5999 האדם 120 לפיהו 6310 וגם 1571 הנפשׁ 5315 לא 3808 תמלא׃ 4390

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VERSE (7) -
Ge 3:17-19 Pr 16:26 Mt 6:25 Joh 6:27 1Ti 6:6-8

SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:7

¶ Todo el trabajo del hombre es para su boca, y con todo eso su deseo no se sacia.

Clarke's Bible Commentary - Ecclesiastes 6:7

Verse 7. All the labour of man - This is the grand primary object of all human labour; merely to
provide for the support of life by procuring things necessary. And life only exists for the sake of the soul; because man puts these things in place of spiritual good, the appetite-the intense desire after the supreme good-is not satisfied. When man learns to provide as distinctly for his soul as he does for his body, then he will begin to be happy, and may soon attain his end.

John Gill's Bible Commentary

Ver. 7. All the labour of man [is] for his mouth , etc.] For the food of his mouth, as the Targum; for the
sustenance of his body, for food and clothing, part being put for the whole: all that a man labours for is to get this; and if he does not enjoy it, his labour is in vain; meats are for the belly, which are taken in by the mouth, and for these a man labours; and if he does not eat them, when he has got them, he labours to no purpose; and yet the appetite is not filled ; even the bodily or sensual appetite; no, not even by those who eat the fruit of their labour; for though their hunger is allayed for the present, and the appetite is satisfied for a while, yet it returns again, and requires more food, and so continually: or, “the soul is not filled”, or “satisfied” f150 ; it is the body only that is filled or satisfied with such things, at best; the mind of man grasps after greater things, and can find no contentment or satisfaction in earthly or sensual enjoyments. This seems to be a new argument, proving the vanity of riches, from the narrow use of them; which only reaches to the body, not to the soul.

Matthew Henry Commentary

The vanity of
riches. Also of long life and flourishing families (Eccl. 6:1-6) The little advantage any one has in outward things (Eccl. 6:7-12)

Eccl. 6:1-6 A man often has all he needs for outward enjoyment; yet the Lord leaves him so to covetousness or evil dispositions, that he make no good or comfortable use of what he has. By one means or other his possessions come to strangers; this is vanity, and an evil disease. numerous family was a matter of fond desire and of high honour amon the Hebrews; and long life is the desire of mankind in general. Eve with these additions a man may not be able to enjoy his riches, family and life. Such a man, in his passage through life, seems to have bee born for no end or use. And he who has entered on life only for on moment, to quit it the next, has a preferable lot to him who has live long, but only to suffer.

Eccl. 6:7-12 A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a grea deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealt of the world to give satisfaction. The poor man has comfort as well a the richest, and is under no real disadvantage. We cannot say, Bette is the sight of the eyes than the resting of the soul in God; for it is better to live by faith in things to come, than to live by sense, whic dwells only upon present things. Our lot is appointed. We have what pleases God, and let that please us. The greatest possessions an honours cannot set us above the common events of human life. Seein that the things men pursue on earth increase vanities, what is man the better for his worldly devices? Our life upon earth is to be reckone by days. It is fleeting and uncertain, and with little in it to be fon of, or to be depended on. Let us return to God, trust in his merc through Jesus Christ, and submit to his will. Then soon shall we glid through this vexatious world, and find ourselves in that happy place where there is fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore __________________________________________________________________


Original Hebrew

כל 3605 עמל 5999 האדם 120 לפיהו 6310 וגם 1571 הנפשׁ 5315 לא 3808 תמלא׃ 4390


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