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Ecclesiastes 3:13

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← Ecclesiastes 3:12	Ecclesiastes 3:13 (KJV)	Ecclesiastes 3:14 →
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.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And also that every man^H120 should eat^H398 and drink^H8354, and enjoy^H7200 the good^H2896 of all his labour^H5999, it is the gift^H4991 of God^H430.

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Original Hebrew

וְגַם כָּל־הָאָדָם שֶׁיֹּאכַל וְשָׁתָה וְרָאָה טֹוב בְּכָל־עֲמָלֹו מַתַּת אֱלֹהִים הִיא׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/גַ֤ם	ve./Gam	H1571	HC/Ta	and/ also
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	every
הָ/אָדָם֙	ha./'a.Dam	H120	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ person
שֶׁ/יֹּאכַ֣ל	shei./yo.Khal	H398	HTr/Vqi3ms	that/ he will eat
וְ/שָׁתָ֔ה	ve./sha.Tah	H8354	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will drink
וְ/רָאָ֥ה	ve./ra.'Ah	H7200	HC/Vqq3ms	and/ he will see
ט֖וֹב	Tov	H2896	HAamsa	good
בְּ/כָל	be./khol	H3605	HR/Ncmsc	in/ all
עֲמָל֑/וֹ	a.ma.L/o	H5999	HNcbsc/Sp3ms	toil/ his
מַתַּ֥ת	ma.Tat	H4991	HNcfsc	(is) a gift of
אֱלֹהִ֖ים	'E.lo.Him	H430	HNcmpa	God
הִֽיא	Hi'	H1931	HPp3fs	it

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H120 — אָדָם (ʼâdâm, aw-dawm'): from אָדַם; ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.); [idiom] another, [phrase] hypocrite, [phrase] common sort, [idiom] low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
• H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
• H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (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 or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H4991 — מַתָּת (mattâth, mat-tawth'): feminine of מַתָּן abbreviated form; a present; gift.
• H5999 — עָמָל (ʻâmâl, aw-mawl'): from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
• H7200 — רָאָה (râʼâh, raw-aw'): a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions.
• H8354 — שָׁתָה (shâthâh, shaw-thaw'): a primitive root; to imbibe (literally or figuratively); [idiom] assuredly, banquet, [idiom] certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk ([idiom] -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of שָׁקָה.)

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H1571 — גַּם (gam, gam): by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather; properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and; again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.
• H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (10): 1 Chronicles 29:22, Nehemiah 8:10, Ecclesiastes 5:19, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 8:15, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Ecclesiastes 11:8, 1 Corinthians 7:31, 1 Timothy 2:2, 1 Timothy 6:8

Related Topics

• Thompson Chain: JOY-SORROW
• Nave’s: BLESSING, CONTENTMENT, GIFTS FROM GOD, GOD, HAPPINESS

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