Ecclesiastes 2:10

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my lev from any simchah; for my lev rejoiced in all my amal (labor); and this was my chelek (portion) for all my amal.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King 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.

In Context

9So I was great, and excelled more than all that were before me in Yerushalayim; also my chochmah remained with me.

11Then I looked on kol ma'asim that my hands had wrought, and on the amal that I had labored to do; and, hinei, all was hevel and chasing after ruach, and there was no profit under the shemesh.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:6And when the isha saw that HaEtz was tov for food, and that it was delight to the eyes, and HaEtz to be coveted to make one have seichel, she took of the p'ri thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her ish with her; and he did eat.

Judges 14:2And he came up, and told his av and his em, and said, I have seen an isha in Timnah of the banot Pelishtim; now therefore get her for me as isha.

Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes from beholding shav (vanity); 1 and revive Thou me in Thy derech. 1

Proverbs 23:5Wilt thou let thine eynayim fly after that which is not? 1 For such [wealth] certainly sprouts kenafayim (wings); 1 they fly away as a nesher (eagle) toward Shomayim. 1

Ecclesiastes 2:22For what hath adam for all his amal, and for all the striving of his lev, wherein he hath labored under the shemesh?

Ecclesiastes 3:22Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that the adam find simchah in his ma'asim; for that is his chelek; for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12

Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →

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