All of a person’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied.

人的劳碌都为口腹，心里却不知足。

人的劳碌都为口腹，心里却不知足。

人的劳碌都为口腹，心里却不知足。

人人为口腹劳碌，却永不满足。

人的一切劳碌都为口腹，他的心却还是填不满。

人的一切劳苦都是为了口腹，但他的胃口还是填不满。

人的勞碌都為口腹，心裏卻不知足。

人的勞碌都為口腹，心裏卻不知足。

人的勞碌都為口腹，心裏卻不知足。

人人為口腹勞碌，卻永不滿足。

人的一切勞碌都為口腹，他的心卻還是填不滿。

人的一切勞碌都是為了口腹，而胃口卻永填不滿。

人的一切勞苦都是為了口腹，但他的胃口還是填不滿。

人之勤勞、皆為其口、而不能饜其欲、

人之勤勞、為口腹計耳、乃心不知足。

人之勞碌、為口腹計耳、乃其心不知足、

Everyone’s toil is for their mouth, yet their appetite is never satisfied.

People eat up everything they work to get. But they are never satisfied.

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

All people spend their lives scratching for food, but they never seem to have enough.

All a person’s labor is for his mouth, and yet his appetite is not satisfied.

All the labor of man is for his mouth, And yet the soul is not satisfied.

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

All man’s labor is for his stomach, yet the appetite is never satisfied.

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

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

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

Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal of approval on him.”

A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger urges him on.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out.If we have food and clothing, we will be content with these.

“ Therefore I tell you: Don’t worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothing?

The one who loves silver is never satisfied with silver, and whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with income. This too is futile.

And he said to the man,“ Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you,‘ Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life.It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust.”

A man may father a hundred children and live many years. No matter how long he lives, if he is not satisfied by good things and does not even have a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Then I’ll say to myself,“ You have many goods stored up for many years. Take it easy; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself.”’