Ecclesiastes 6:7

Ecclesiastes 6:7 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

7Everyone’s toil is for their mouth,

yet their appetite is never satisfied.

7All a person’s labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

7All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet the desire [of his soul] is not satisfied. [Prov 16:26]

7All a man’s labor is for his mouth,

yet his appetite is never satisfied.

7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

7All the labour of man is for his mouth: yet the soule is not filled.

7All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

7People eat up everything they work to get.

But they are never satisfied.

7The reason people work so hard is to get food.

But they never have enough to eat.

7All the labor of man [is] for his mouth, || And yet the soul is not filled.