Ecclesiastes 2:10

KJV1611 – Modern English

And whatever my eyes desired, I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor; and this was my reward from all my labor.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Anything my eyes desired, I did not withhold from them; I did not keep my heart from any pleasure. My heart took delight in all my labor, for this was my reward for all my efforts.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592} I kept{H680} not from them; I withheld{H4513} not my heart{H3820} from any joy;{H8057} for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} because of all my labor;{H5999} and this was my portion{H2506} from all my labor.{H5999}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And whatsoever mine eyes{H5869} desired{H7592}{(H8804)} I kept{H680}{(H8804)} not from them, I withheld{H4513}{(H8804)} not my heart{H3820} from any joy{H8057}; for my heart{H3820} rejoiced{H8056} in all my labour{H5999}: and this was my portion{H2506} of all my labour{H5999}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    & loke what so euer myne eyes desyred, I let them haue it: & wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure, I with helde it not fro it. Thus my hert reioysed in all yt I dyd, and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    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: & this was my portion of all my trauaile.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired, I let them haue it: and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure, I withhelde it not from it: Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did, and this was my portion of all my trauayle.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    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.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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,

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And nothing which was desired by my eyes did I keep from them; I did not keep any joy from my heart, because my heart took pleasure in all my work, and this was my reward.

  • 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.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort.

Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 3:22 : 22 Therefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what shall be after him?
  • Eccl 5:18 : 18 Behold, what I have seen: it is good and fitting for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him; for it is his portion.
  • Eccl 9:9 : 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your life of vanity, which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity: for that is your portion in this life and in your labor which you take under the sun.
  • Ps 128:2 : 2 For you shall eat the labor of your hands; happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you.
  • Eccl 2:22 : 22 For what has man from all his labor, and of the striving of his heart with which he has labored under the sun?
  • Eccl 11:9 : 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes — but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
  • 1 John 2:16 : 16 For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.
  • Prov 23:5 : 5 Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.
  • Eccl 6:9 : 9 Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of desire: this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.
  • Gen 3:6 : 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her; and he ate.
  • Gen 6:2 : 2 That the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves from all whom they chose.
  • Judg 14:2 : 2 And he came up and told his father and mother, saying, I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. Now therefore, get her for me as a wife.
  • Job 31:1 : 1 I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I gaze upon a maiden?
  • Ps 119:37 : 37 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, and revive me in Your way.

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