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Ecclesiastes 9

Eccl. 9:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Go thy way
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
, eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
a thy bread
lechem (Hebrew #3899)
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV usage: ((shew-))bread, X eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals. See also 1036.
Pronounce: lekh'-em
Origin: from 3898
with joy
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
, and drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
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towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
heart
leb (Hebrew #3820)
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
KJV usage: + care for, comfortably, consent, X considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart((-ed)), X heed, X I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), X regard((-ed)), X themselves, X unawares, understanding, X well, willingly, wisdom.
Pronounce: labe
Origin: a form of 3824
; for God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
now
kbar (Hebrew #3528)
properly, extent of time, i.e. a great while; hence, long ago, formerly, hitherto
KJV usage: already, (seeing that which), now.
Pronounce: keb-awr'
Origin: from 3527
accepteth
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
thy works
ma`aseh (Hebrew #4639)
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
KJV usage: act, art, + bakemeat, business, deed, do(-ing), labor, thing made, ware of making, occupation, thing offered, operation, possession, X well, ((handy-, needle-, net-))work(ing, - manship), wrought.
Pronounce: mah-as-eh'
Origin: from 6213
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Eccl. 10:19• 19A feast is made for laughter,{HR}And wine maketh glad the life;{HR}And money answereth all things. (Eccl. 10:19)

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 12:19• 19{i}Why didst thou say, She is my sister, so that I took her as my wife. And now, behold, there is thy wife: take her, and go away.{/i} (Gen. 12:19)
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Mark 7:29• 29And he said unto her, Because of this saying, go thy way: the demon is gone out of thy daughter. (Mark 7:29)
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John 4:50• 50Jesus saith to him, Go, thy son liveth. [And] the man believed the word which Jesus had said unto him, and went his way. (John 4:50)
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Eccl. 2:24‑26• 24[There] is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,{HR}And make his soul enjoy good in his labour.{HR}This also I saw, that it [is] from the hand of God.
 25For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
 26For to the man that pleaseth him God giveth wisdom,{HR}And knowledge, and joy:{HR}But to the sinner he giveth travail,{HR}To gather and to heap up,{HR}That he may give to him that pleaseth God.{HR}This also [is] vanity and a striving after wind. (Eccl. 2:24‑26)
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Eccl. 3:12‑13• 12I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice,{HR}And to do good so long as they live;
 13And also, that every man should eat and drink,{HR}And enjoy good in all his labour, is the gift of God. (Eccl. 3:12‑13)
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Eccl. 5:18• 18Behold, that which I have seen to be good{HR}And to be comely is for one to eat and to drink,{HR}And to enjoy good in all his labour,{HR}Wherein he laboureth under the sun,{HR}All the days of his life which God hath given him:{HR}For this is his portion. (Eccl. 5:18)
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Eccl. 8:15• 15Then I commended mirth,{HR}Because a man hath no better thing under the sun,{HR}Than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry:{HR}For that shall abide with him in his labour the days of his life{HR}Which God hath given him under the sun. (Eccl. 8:15)
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Eccl. 10:19• 19A feast is made for laughter,{HR}And wine maketh glad the life;{HR}And money answereth all things. (Eccl. 10:19)
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Deut. 12:7,12• 7{i}and ye shall eat there before Jehovah your God, and ye shall rejoice, ye and your households, in all the business of your hand, wherein Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee.{/i}
 12{i}And ye shall rejoice before Jehovah your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your bondmen, and your handmaids, and the Levite that is within your gates; for he hath no portion nor inheritance with you.{/i} (Deut. 12:7,12)
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Deut. 16:14‑15• 14{i}And{/i} thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son and thy daughter{i}, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates{/i}.
 15Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto Jehovah thy God in the place which Jehovah shall choose: because Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the increase of thine hands; therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. (Deut. 16:14‑15)
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1 Kings 8:66• 66On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that Jehovah had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. (1 Kings 8:66)
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1 Chron. 16:1‑3• 1{i}And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had spread for it; and they presented burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.{/i}
 2{i}And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah.{/i}
 3{i}And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread and a measure of wine and a raisin-cake.{/i} (1 Chron. 16:1‑3)
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1 Chron. 29:21‑23• 21{i}And they sacrificed sacrifices to Jehovah, and offered up burnt-offerings to Jehovah, on the morrow after that day:{/i} even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel:
 22{i}and they{/i} did eat and drink before Jehovah on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king, the second time, {i}and anointed him to Jehovah to be prince, and Zadok to be priest.{/i}
 23Then Solomon sat upon the throne of Jehovah as king, instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. (1 Chron. 29:21‑23)
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2 Chron. 30:23‑27• 23{i}And the whole congregation took counsel to observe other seven days; and they observed the seven days with gladness.{/i}
 24For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves.
 25And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
 26So there was great joy in Jerusalem; {i}for since the time of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, there had not been the like in Jerusalem.{/i}
 27{i}And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens{/i}. (2 Chron. 30:23‑27)
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Neh. 8:10‑12• 10{i}And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength{/i}.
 11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (Neh. 8:10‑12)
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Gen. 4:4‑5• 4{i}And Abel, he also{/i} brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah had respect to Abel and to his offering;
 5but to Cain and to his offering he had not respect: And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. (Gen. 4:4‑5)
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Ex. 24:8‑11• 8{i}And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant that Jehovah has made with you concerning all these words.{/i}
 9{i}And Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up;{/i}
 10{i}and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were work of transparent sapphire, and as it were the form of heaven for clearness.{/i}
 11{i}And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: they saw God, and ate and drank.{/i} (Ex. 24:8‑11)
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Luke 11:41• 41{i}But{/i} rather give alms of what ye have: and, behold, all things are clean unto you. (Luke 11:41)
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Acts 10:35• 35but in every nation he that feareth him and worketh righteousness is acceptable to him. (Acts 10:35)
• Listen! Go eat with joy thy bread, and merrily drink thy wine; let never shade of sorrow mar thy short-lived pleasure; let no mourning on thy dress be seen, nor to thy head be oil of gladness lacking; merrily live with her whom thy affection has chosen as thy life-companion, and trouble not thyself as to God’s acceptance of thy works―that has been settled long ago. (“Ecclesiastes 9” by F.C. Jennings)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "good."

W. Kelly Translation

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Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy,{HR}And drink thy wine with a merry heart;{HR}For God hath already accepted thy works.