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Ecclesiastes 2:10

Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

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ASV

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.

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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְכֹל֙ve.Kholand allH3605 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherthatH834 →
שָֽׁאֲל֣וּsha.'a.Luthey askedH7592 →
עֵינַ֔י'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אָצַ֖לְתִּי'a.Tzal.tiI withheldH680 →
מֵהֶ֑םme.Hemfrom <the> them
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
מָנַ֨עְתִּיma.Na'.tiI restrainedH4513 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
לִבִּ֜יli.Biheart myH3820 →
מִכָּל־mi.kolfrom anyH3605 →
שִׂמְחָ֗הsim.ChahpleasureH8057 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
לִבִּ֤יli.Biheart myH3820 →
שָׂמֵ֙חַ֙sa.Me.ach[was] joyfulH8056 →
מִכָּל־mi.kolfrom allH3605 →
עֲמָלִ֔י'a.ma.Litoil myH5999 →
וְזֶֽה־ve.zeh-and thisH2088 →
הָיָ֥הha.Yahit wasH1961 →
חֶלְקִ֖יchel.Kireward myH2506 →
מִכָּל־mi.kolfrom allH3605 →
עֲמָלִֽי׃'a.ma.Litoil myH5999 →

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Ecclesiastes 5:18Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.Ecclesiastes 9:9Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.Ecclesiastes 3:22I have seen that there is nothing better for a man than to enjoy his work, because that is his lot. For who can bring him to see what will come after him?Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes away from worthless things; revive me with Your word.Psalms 128:2For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.Ecclesiastes 2:22For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?1 John 2:16For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.1 Kings 9:1Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired to do,1 Kings 9:19as well as all the store cities that Solomon had for his chariots and horses—whatever he desired to build in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout the land of his dominion.Judges 14:2So he returned and told his father and mother, “I have seen a daughter of the Philistines in Timnah. Now get her for me as a wife.”Genesis 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.Proverbs 23:5When you glance at wealth, it disappears, for it makes wings for itself and flies like an eagle to the sky.Genesis 6:2the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.Ecclesiastes 6:9Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad 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 to judgment.Job 31:1“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?

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About Ecclesiastes

King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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