Ecclesiastes 10:19

¶ A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

{Men} prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
- American Standard Version (1901)

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
- Basic English Bible

A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
- Darby Bible

For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.
- Douay-Rheims Bible

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things.
- English Revised Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for Ecclesiastes 10:19

10:17 Nobles - Not so much by birth, as by their noble dispositions.

10:20 Thy thought - In the most secret manner. The rich - Princes or governors. A bird - The king will hear of it by unknown and unsuspected hands, as if a bird had heard and carried the report of it.