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 Alleguéme también plata y oro, y tesoro preciado de reyes y de provincias; híceme de cantores y cantoras, y los deleites de los hijos de los hombres, instrumentos músicos y de todas suertes.

9 Y fuí engrandecido, y aumentado más que todos los que fueron antes de mí en Jerusalem: á más de esto perseveró conmigo mi sabiduría.

10 No negué á mis ojos ninguna cosa que desearan, ni aparté mi corazón de placer alguno, porque mi corazón gozó de todo mi trabajo: y ésta fué mi parte de toda mi faena.

11 Miré yo luego todas las obras que habían hecho mis manos, y el trabajo que tomé para hacer[las]: y he aquí, todo vanidad y aflicción de espíritu, y no hay provecho debajo del sol.

12 Después torné yo á mirar para ver la sabiduría y los desvaríos y la necedad; (porque ¿qué hombre [hay] que [pueda] seguir al rey [en] lo que ya hicieron?)

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What Does Ecclesiastes 2:10 Mean?

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