Ecclesiastes 2:10 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹⁰ 7 And therefore I was weary of my life, when I saw that all things under the sun are evil, and all vanity and vexation of spirit.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ 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)

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ 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

¹⁰ 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.

Ecclesiastes 2:10 Cross References

Genesis 3:6

And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.

Genesis 6:2

The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took themselves wives of all which they chose.

Job 31:1

Let him weigh me in a just balance, and let God know my simplicity.

Psalm 119:37

4 So shall I always keep thy law, for ever and ever.

Psalm 128:2

The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Proverbs 23:5

2 Let thy heart apply itself to instruction: and thy ears to words of knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Before the silver cord be broken, and the golden fillet shrink back, and the pitcher be crushed at the fountain, and the wheel be broken upon the cistern,

Ecclesiastes 2:1

I heaped together for myself silver and gold, and the wealth of kings, and provinces: I made me singing men, and singing women, and the delights of the sons of men, cups and vessels to serve to pour out wine:

Ecclesiastes 2:22

A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to destroy, and a time to build.

Ecclesiastes 2:24

A time to scatter stones, and a time to gather. A time to embrace, and a time to be far from embraces.

Ecclesiastes 3:22

Considering I found also another vanity under the sun:

Ecclesiastes 5:10

7 All the days of his life he eateth in darkness, and in many cares, and in misery, and sorrow.

Ecclesiastes 5:17

For he came in vain, and goeth to darkness, and his name shall be wholly forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 5:18

He hath not seen the sun, nor known the distance of good and evil:

Ecclesiastes 6:2

Better it is to see what thou mayst desire, than to desire that which thou canst not know. But this also is vanity, and presumption of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 6:9

The heart of the wise is where there is mourning, and the heart of fools where there is mirth.

Ecclesiastes 8:15

For the living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing more, neither have they a reward any more: for the memory of them is forgotten.

Ecclesiastes 9:6

3 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great:

Ecclesiastes 9:9

6 And I said that wisdom is better than strength: how then is the wisdom of the poor man slighted, and his words not heard?

1 John 2:16

5 And this is the promise which he hath promised us, life everlasting.

Judges 14:2

And he went down and spoke to the woman that had pleased his eyes.