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Ecclesiastes 2:10 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 10
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.Ecclesiastes 2:10 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:10 in context
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10And 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.
11Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
12And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- withheldmânaʻto debar from benefit or injuryH4513 →
- rejoicedsâmêachblithe or gleefulH8056 →
- desiredshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- portionchêleqproperly, smoothnessH2506 →
- labourʻâmâltoilH5999 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
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Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and the playhouse, his garden and his summer-house;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11