Ecclesiastes 9:7 Parallel Translations

Go, enjoy eating your food, and drink your wine cheerfully, because God has already accepted what you've done.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Come, take your bread with joy, and your wine with a glad heart. God has taken pleasure in your works.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

Ecclesiastes 9:7 Cross References

XREF:

Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God.

Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now {d} accepteth thy works.
(d) They flatter themselves to be in God's favour, because they have all things in abundance.

WES:

9:7 Go - Make this use of what I have said. Eat - Chearfully and thankfully enjoy thy comforts. Accepteth - Allows thee a comfortable enjoyment of his blessings.

MHC:

9:4-10 The most despicable living man's state, is preferable to that of the most noble who have died impenitent. Solomon exhorts the wise and pious to cheerful confidence in God, whatever their condition in life. The meanest morsel, coming from their Father's love, in answer to prayer, will have a peculiar relish. Not that we may set our hearts upon the delights of sense, but what God has given us we may use with wisdom. The joy here described, is the gladness of heart that springs from a sense of the Divine favour. This is the world of service, that to come is the world of recompence. All in their stations, may find some work to do. And above all, sinners have the salvation of their souls to seek after, believers have to prove their faith, adorn the gospel, glorify God, and serve their generation.

CONC:

Accepted Accepteth Already Approved Bread Cheerful Drink Eat Enjoyment Favors Glad Gladness Happiness Heart Joy Joyful Merry Pleased Pleasure Way-eat Wine Works

Accepted Accepteth Already Approved Bread Cheerful Drink Eat Enjoyment Favors Food Glad Gladness Happiness Heart Joy Joyful Merry Pleased Way Wine Works

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