Verse 7

Ecclesiastes 9:7

New King James Version

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God (Elohim) now accepteth 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 considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, an... Focus ↗

2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good an... Focus ↗

3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea,... 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 any thing, neither have they any more... Focus ↗

6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a por... Focus ↗

7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God (Elohim) now acce...

8 Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. Focus ↗

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

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowl... 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 wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: Focus ↗

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

15 Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remem... Focus ↗

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man’s wisdom is despised, and his... Focus ↗

17 The words of wise men 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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