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Ecclesiastes 2:10
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:10
New English Translation
10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted;[a]
I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure.[b]
So all my accomplishments gave me joy;[c]
this was my reward for all my effort.[d]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 tn Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 tn Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 tn Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”
- Ecclesiastes 2:10 tn Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”
Ecclesiastes 2:10
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10
New International Version
10 I denied myself nothing my eyes desired;
I refused my heart no pleasure.
My heart took delight in all my labor,
and this was the reward for all my toil.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10
King James Version
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.
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