Ecclesiastes 2:10

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

And

כֹּל

kôl

H3605

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

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אֲנִי

ʼănîy

H589

I

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עַיִן

ʻayin

H5869

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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חָמַד

châmad

H2530

to delight in

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I

שָׁמַר

shâmar

H8104

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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not from them I

חָשַׂךְ

châsak

H2820

to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe

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not my

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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from

אִישׁ

ʼîysh

H376

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

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שִׂמְחָה

simchâh

H8057

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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for my

לֵב

lêb

H3820

the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything

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שָׂמַח

sâmach

H8055

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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in all my

עָמָל

ʻâmâl

H5999

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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and this was my

חֵלֶק

chêleq

H2506

properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment

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of all my

עָמָל

ʻâmâl

H5999

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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Key Terms in This Verse

withheld H2820

חָשַׂךְ châsak

to restrain or (reflex.) refrain; by implication, to refuse, spare, preserve; to observe

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rejoiced H8055

שָׂמַח sâmach

probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome

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desired H2530

חָמַד châmad

to delight in

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labour H5999

עָמָל ʻâmâl

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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labour H5999

עָמָל ʻâmâl

toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind

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portion H2506

חֵלֶק chêleq

properly, smoothness (of the tongue); also an allotment

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whatsoever H3605

כֹּל kôl

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

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joy H8057

שִׂמְחָה simchâh

blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)

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kept H8104

שָׁמַר shâmar

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

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eyes H5869

עַיִן ʻayin

an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 3:22 cross-reference

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

Ecclesiastes 5:18 cross-reference

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: f...

Ecclesiastes 9:9 cross-reference

Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in th...

Psalm 119:37 cross-reference

Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.

Psalm 128:2 cross-reference

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Ecclesiastes 2:22 cross-reference

For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

Ecclesiastes 11:9 cross-reference

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things...

Judges 14:2 cross-reference

And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.

Genesis 6:2 cross-reference

That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.

Proverbs 23:5 cross-reference

Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

Ecclesiastes 6:9 cross-reference

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit.

Job 31:1 cross-reference

I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?

Genesis 3:6 cross-reference

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto ...

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