Ecclesiastes 10:19
King James Version (KJV)
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
In context
17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20 Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Ecclesiastes 10:19 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
- WEB World English Bible
- A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things .