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Ecclesiastes 6:7

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

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Ecclesiastes 6:7 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 6:7 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 6:7 in context

  1. 5Moreover it has not seen the sun nor known it. This has rest rather than the other.
  2. 6Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, and yet fails to enjoy good, don’t all go to one place?
  3. 7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
  4. 8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
  5. 9Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.