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


In Context

16 Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!

17 Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

18 By slothfulness the roof sinks in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaks.

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

20 Don't curse the king, no, not in your thoughts; and don't curse the rich in your bedroom: for a bird of the sky may carry your voice, and that which has wings may tell the matter.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:19A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

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 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.