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Ecclesiastes 2:10

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2:10I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted;41

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure.42

So all my accomplishments gave me joy;43

this was my reward for all my effort.44

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”
  2. 42 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, . The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.
  3. 43 Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”
  4. 44 Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my reward for all my toil.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All that my eyes desired, I did not deny them. I did not refuse myself any pleasure, for I took pleasure in all my struggles. This was my reward for all my struggles.

NLTNew Living Translation

Anything I wanted, I would take. I denied myself no pleasure. I even found great pleasure in hard work, a reward for all my labors.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I neither withheld anything from my eyes that they desired, nor did I deprive any pleasure from my heart. My heart rejoiced in all my toil, for this was my reward from all my toil.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.