Verse 10

Ecclesiastes 2:10

New King James Version

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10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of 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 mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold... Focus ↗

2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? Focus ↗

3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay... Focus ↗

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: Focus ↗

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: Focus ↗

6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Focus ↗

7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of gr... Focus ↗

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat m... Focus ↗

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remaine... Focus ↗

10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my...

11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to d... Focus ↗

12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh af... Focus ↗

13 Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. Focus ↗

14 The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also t... Focus ↗

15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then... Focus ↗

16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in... Focus ↗

17 Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all... Focus ↗

18 Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man t... Focus ↗

19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour... Focus ↗

20 Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. Focus ↗

21 For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hat... Focus ↗

22 For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured unde... Focus ↗

23 For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. Th... Focus ↗

24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his so... Focus ↗

25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? Focus ↗

26 For God (Elohim) giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to th... Focus ↗

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Book: Ecclesiastes
Chapter: Chapter 2 (26 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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