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All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.
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The Endless Treadmill
Scholars explain that this verse first points to a simple reality: we work to eat, but our physical hunger always returns. All our labor is for our "mouth," yet our appetite is never permanently filled. This cycle highlights the futility of labor when its only goal is temporary, physical satisfaction.
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Ecclesiastes
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Connect these verses with Ecclesiastes 6:2-3: “All labor is undertaken with a view to some profit, but as a rule the people who labor are never…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
All the labour of man [is] for his mouth For the food of his mouth, as the Targum; for the sustenance of his body, f…
A little will serve to sustain us comfortably, and a great deal can do no more. The desires of the soul find nothing in the wealth of the world to …
