Ecclesiastes 2:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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 labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor; and this was my portion from all my labor.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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 from all my labour. ”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And whatsoeuer mine eyes desired, I withheld it not from them: I withdrew not mine heart from any ioy: for mine heart reioyced in al my labour: and this was my portion of all my trauaile.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:10 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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.
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12 And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:10 Mean?
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