A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsYLT
For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
ASV
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
WEB
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
DBT
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEcclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''
- Author
- Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
- Date
- Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).