Ecclesiastes 6:7
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never 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.

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.

Contemporary English Version
We struggle just to have enough to eat, but we are never satisfied.

Good News Translation
We do all our work just to get something to eat, but we never have enough.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Everything that people work so hard for goes into their mouths, but their appetite is never satisfied.

International Standard Version
Every person works for his own self-interests, but his desires remain unsatisfied.

NET Bible
All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach--yet his appetite is never satisfied!
Classic Translations
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.

King James 2000 Bible
All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

New Heart English Bible
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.

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

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

English Revised Version
All the labour 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
(6:6) All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
All 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 Bible
All 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.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
All that a man labors goes into his mouth and his soul is not full

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

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
All 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.
















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