Ecclesiastes 6:7 meaning and explanation

All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 6:7, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the Teacher, the wisdom figure whose reflections fill Ecclesiastes, and he is drawing a conclusion from the long life and many children he has just described. Labor is driven by hunger, yet the hunger returns.

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