Verse 7

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

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Alt menneskets arbeid er for hans eget beste, men sjelen finner ikke tilfredsstillelse; den blir ikke mettet.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  All menneskets arbeid er for deres munn, men deres appetitt blir ikke mettet.

• Norsk King James

  Alt menneskets arbeid er for hans munn, likevel blir appetitten aldri mettet.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvert menneskes arbeid er for hans munns skyld, men sjelen kan ikke mettes.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  All menneskets strev går til munnen, likevel blir ikke sjelen mettet.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  All menneskets strev er for munnen, likevel fylles ikke appetitten.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Alt menneskets slit er for hans egen nytelse, og likevel blir ikke appetitten mett.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  All menneskets strev er for munnen, likevel fylles ikke appetitten.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  All menneskets arbeidsinnsats går til munnen, men sjelen blir aldri tilfredsstilt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  All human toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Alt menneskets strev er for hans munn, og likevel er hans sjel aldri tilfreds.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Hvert Menneskes Arbeide er for hans Munds Skyld, men Sjælen kan dog ikke fyldes.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Alt menneskets strev er for munnen, og likevel blir hans begjær ikke tilfredsstilt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  All menneskets arbeid er for munnen, og likevel er appetitten ikke fylt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Alt menneskets strev er for munnen, men sjelen blir aldri fylt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  All menneskets strev er for munnen, og likevel blir appetitten ikke mettet.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Alt menneskets arbeid er for munnen, og likevel er det alltid en sult etter mer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  All the laboure that a man taketh, is for himself, and yet his desyre is neuer fylled after his mynde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  All the labour that a man taketh, is for him selfe, and yet his desire is neuer fylled after his mynde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  All the labour of man `is' for his mouth, and yet the soul is not filled.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  All the work of man is for his mouth, and still he has a desire for food.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!

Referenced Verses

• Prov 16:26 : 26 He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.
• Matt 6:25 : 25 Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?
• John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
• 1 Tim 6:6-8 : 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and clothing, let us be content with that.
• Gen 3:17-19 : 17 Then to Adam He said, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; 18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
• Luke 12:19 : 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your rest, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Eccl 5:10 : 10 He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with increase; this also is vanity.
• Eccl 6:3 : 3 If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, yet his soul is not filled with good, and indeed he has no burial; I say, that a premature birth is better than he.