The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 3:13 Explained

Ecclesiastes 3:13

KJV: And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God.

YLT: yea, even every man who eateth and hath drunk and seen good by all his labour, it is a gift of God.

Darby: yea also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labour, it is the gift of God.

ASV: And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And also that every man  should eat  and drink,  and enjoy  the good  of all his labour,  it [is] the gift  of God. 

What does Ecclesiastes 3:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 3

1  by the necessary change of times, vanity is added to human travail
11  is an excellence in God's works
16  as for man, God shall judge his works hereafter, though here he be like a beast

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 3:13 mean?

And also every man that should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor the gift of God it [is]
וְגַ֤ם כָּל־ הָאָדָם֙ שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל וְשָׁתָ֔ה וְרָאָ֥ה ט֖וֹב בְּכָל־ עֲמָל֑וֹ מַתַּ֥ת אֱלֹהִ֖ים הִֽיא

וְגַ֤ם  And  also 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction
Root: גַּם  
Sense: also, even, indeed, moreover, yea.
כָּל־  every 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
הָאָדָם֙  man 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָדָם 
Sense: man, mankind.
שֶׁיֹּאכַ֣ל  that  should  eat 
Parse: Pronoun, relative, Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
וְשָׁתָ֔ה  and  drink 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁתָה  
Sense: to drink.
וְרָאָ֥ה  and  enjoy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
ט֖וֹב  the  good 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: טָבַב 
Sense: good, pleasant, agreeable.
בְּכָל־  of  all 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֲמָל֑וֹ  his  labor 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עָמָל  
Sense: .
מַתַּ֥ת  the  gift 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מַתַּת  
Sense: gift, reward.
אֱלֹהִ֖ים  of  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
הִֽיא  it  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.