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


In Context

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a youth, And thy princes do eat in the morning.

17 Happy art thou, O land, When thy king is a son of freemen, And thy princes do eat in due season, For might, and not for drunkenness.

18 By slothfulness is the wall brought low, And by idleness of the hands doth the house drop.

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

20 Even in thy mind a king revile not, And in the inner parts of thy bed-chamber Revile not the rich: For a fowl of the heavens causeth the voice to go, And a possessor of wings declareth the word.

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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