19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.


In Context

16 Woe to you, O land whose king was a servant and whose princes feast in the morning.

17 Blessed are you, O land whose king is of noble birth and whose princes eat at a proper time- for strength and not for drunkenness.

18 If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks.

19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say.

Ecclesiastes 10:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things. ]

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:19For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:19For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.