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Ecclesiastes 9:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Ecclesiastes 9:7
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 (A)Go, eat your bread[a] with joy and drink your wine with a merry heart, because it is now that God favors your works.
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- 9:7–10 Go, eat your bread…enjoy life: the author confesses his inability to imprison God in a fixed and predictable way of acting. Thus he ponders a practical and pragmatic solution: Seize whatever opportunity one has to find joy, if God grants it.
Ecclesiastes 9:7
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Ecclesiastes 9:7
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
7 Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Common English Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:7
Common English Bible
7 Go, eat your food joyfully and drink your wine happily because God has already accepted what you do.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
New American Standard Bible
Ecclesiastes 9:7
New American Standard Bible
7 Go then, (A)eat your bread in happiness, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 9:7
New International Version
7 Go, eat your food with gladness, and drink your wine(A) with a joyful heart,(B) for God has already approved what you do.
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