Ecclesiastes 9:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 9:7

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Berean Standard Bible

Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

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KJV

King James Version

¶ Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

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WEB

World English Bible

Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 9

⁵ For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

⁶ Their love, their hate, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a share in all that is done under the sun.

⁷ Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

⁸ Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

⁹ Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.

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