And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Ecclesiastes 2:10 - The Scriptures 2009 And all that my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labour. And this was my portion from all my labour. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil. 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. Common English Bible I refrained from nothing that my eyes desired. I refused my heart no pleasure. Indeed, my heart found pleasure from the results of my hard work; that was the reward from all my hard work. Catholic Public Domain Version And all that my eyes desired, I did not refuse them. Neither did I prohibit my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and from amusing itself in the things that I had prepared. And I regarded this as my share, as if I were making use of my own labors. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And whatsoever my eyes desired, I refused them not: and I withheld not my heart from enjoying every pleasure, and delighting itself in the things which I had prepared: and esteemed this my portion, to make use of my own labour. |
And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, and she took of its fruit and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
that the sons of Elohim saw the daughters of men, that they were good. And they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
“I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze at a maiden?
Turn away my eyes from looking at falsehood, And revive me in Your way.
You shall eat the labour of your hands. Be blessed, and let it be well with you.
Do you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; They fly away like an eagle to the heavens.
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart gladden you in the days of your youth. And walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these Elohim brings you into right-ruling.
I said in my heart, “Come now, let me try you with rejoicing and find out what is good.” But see, that too was futile.
For what does a man get for all his labour and strain of his heart with which he has toiled under the sun?
A man could do no better but to eat and drink, and enjoy himself in his labour! That too, I saw, was from the hand of Elohim.
So I saw that man could do no better but to rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who would bring him to see what shall be after him?
He who loves silver is not satisfied with silver; nor he who loves wealth, and increase. That too is futile.
All his days he also eats in darkness, and with much sorrow and sickness and wrath.
See what I have seen: It is good and beautiful for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour in which he toils under the sun all the days of his life which Elohim gives him, for it is his portion.
A man to whom Elohim has given riches and wealth and esteem, so that his being lacks none at all of what he desires, but Elohim does not permit him to eat of it, and a foreigner consumes it. This is futile, and it is an evil disease.
What the eyes see is better than what the desire goes after. That too is futile and feeding on wind.
Therefore I praised enjoyment, because there is no good to man except to eat, and to drink, and to rejoice – and it remains with him in his labour for the days of his life which Elohim has given him under the sun.
Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy have now perished; and they no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun.
See life with the wife whom you love all the days of your futile life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of futility. For that is your share in life, and in your toil which you have laboured under the sun.
Because 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.
And he went up and informed his father and mother, saying, “I have seen a woman in Timnah of the daughters of the Philistines. And now, take her for me for a wife.”