Ecclesiastes 6:7

Modern

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

Traditional

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

Literal

All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet the soul is not filled.

Latin

Omnis labor hominis in ore ejus; sed anima ejus non implebitur.

Hebrew

English

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

People often feel unsatisfied with what they have, regardless of the amount (compare Ecclesiastes 5:10).

John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him God the Father has placed His seal of approval.”
Proverbs 16:26
A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
1 Timothy 6:6–8
Of course, godliness with contentment is great gain.
Matthew 6:25
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?
Ecclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
Luke 12:19
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
Ecclesiastes 5:10
He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.
Genesis 3:17–19
And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.