Ecclesiastes 9:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:

Young's Literal Translation
Go, eat with joy thy bread, and drink with a glad heart thy wine, for already hath God been pleased with thy works.

King James Bible
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.

Hebrew
Go,
לֵ֣ךְ (lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

eat
אֱכֹ֤ל (’ĕ·ḵōl)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

your bread
לַחְמֶ֔ךָ (laḥ·me·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

with joy,
בְּשִׂמְחָה֙ (bə·śim·ḥāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

and drink
וּֽשֲׁתֵ֥ה (ū·šă·ṯêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 8354: To imbibe

your wine
יֵינֶ֑ךָ (yê·ne·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

with a cheerful
ט֖וֹב (ṭō·wḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

heart,
בְלֶב־ (ḇə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

for
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has already
כְבָ֔ר (ḵə·ḇār)
Adverb
Strong's 3528: Extent of time, a great while, long ago, formerly, hitherto

approved
רָצָ֥ה (rā·ṣāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

your works:
מַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ׃ (ma·‘ă·śe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4639: An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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