Verse 7

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Darby Translation

7 Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God (Elohim) hath already accepted thy works.

Original Language Text

hebrew

לֵ֣ךְ אֱכֹ֤ל בְּ/שִׂמְחָה֙ לַחְמֶ֔/ךָ וּֽ/שֲׁתֵ֥ה בְ/לֶב ט֖וֹב יֵינֶ֑/ךָ כִּ֣י כְבָ֔ר רָצָ֥ה הָ/אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶֽת מַעֲשֶֽׂי/ךָ

English Translation

Go, eat your bread in joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already acknowledged your works.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 For all this I laid to my heart and [indeed] to investigate all this, that the righteous, and the wi... Focus ↗

2 All things [come] alike to all: one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good, and to th... Focus ↗

3 This is an evil among all that is done under the sun, that one thing befalleth all: yea, also the he... Focus ↗

4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope; for a living dog is better than a dead li... Focus ↗

5 For the living know that they shall die; but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more... Focus ↗

6 Their love also, and their hatred, and their envy is already perished; neither have they any more fo... Focus ↗

7 Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God (Elohim) hath already acc...

8 Let thy garments be always white, and let not thy head lack oil. Focus ↗

9 Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath give... Focus ↗

10 Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge,... Focus ↗

11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong,... Focus ↗

12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds tha... Focus ↗

13 This also have I seen as wisdom under the sun, and it was great unto me. Focus ↗

14 There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and encompas... Focus ↗

15 and there was found in it a poor wise man, who by his wisdom delivered the city; but no man remember... Focus ↗

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength; but the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words ar... Focus ↗

17 The words of the wise are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Focus ↗

18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good. Focus ↗

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