Verse 10
Ecclesiastes 2:10
World English Bible, British Edition
10
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold
my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this was my portion from all
my labour.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ עֵינַ֔/י לֹ֥א אָצַ֖לְתִּי מֵ/הֶ֑ם לֹֽא מָנַ֨עְתִּי אֶת לִבִּ֜/י מִ/כָּל שִׂמְחָ֗ה כִּֽי לִבִּ֤/י שָׂמֵ֨חַ֙ מִ/כָּל עֲמָלִ֔/י וְ/זֶֽה הָיָ֥ה חֶלְקִ֖/י מִ/כָּל עֲמָלִֽ/י
English Translation
And all that my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them; I did not prevent my heart from any joy, for my heart was glad from all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
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Chapter 2 Context
1
I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy
pleasure;” and behold, th...
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2
I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
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3
I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart
yet guiding me with wisdom, and how...
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4
I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
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5
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds
of fruit.
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6
I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
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7
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my
house. I also had great poss...
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8
I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings
and of the provinces. I got my...
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9
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.
My wisdom also remained...
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10
Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold
my heart from any joy, for my h...
11
Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the
labour that I had laboured to do...
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12
I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly; for what
can the king’s successor do? Just t...
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13
Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.
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14
The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and
yet I perceived that one eve...
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15
Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen
even to me; and why was I the...
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16
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory forever,
since in the days to come all...
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17
So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun
was grievous to me; for all is vanity...
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18
I hated all my labour in which I laboured under the sun, because I must
leave it to the man who come...
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19
Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have
rule over all of my labour in wh...
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20
Therefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all
the labour in which I had laboured und...
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21
For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, with knowledge, and
with skilfulness; yet he shall l...
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22
For what does a man have of all his labour and of the striving of his
heart, in which he labours und...
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23
For all his days are sorrows, and his travail is grief; yes, even in
the night his heart takes no re...
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24
There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink,
and make his soul enjoy good in...
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25
For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
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26
For to the man who pleases him, God (Elohim) gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy;
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