传道书 2:10

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

我眼中所求的，我都不禁止；我心所喜歡的，我都沒抑制。我的心因我的一切勞碌而快樂，這就是我從一切勞碌中所得的分。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
凡 我 眼 所 求 的 ， 我 没 有 留 下 不 给 他 的 ； 我 心 所 乐 的 ， 我 没 有 禁 止 不 享 受 的 ； 因 我 的 心 为 我 一 切 所 劳 碌 的 快 乐 ， 这 就 是 我 从 劳 碌 中 所 得 的 分 。

Contextual Overview

¹ I said to myself, "I will try having fun. I will enjoy myself." But I found that this is also useless. ² It is foolish to laugh all the time, and having fun doesn't accomplish anything. ³ I decided to cheer myself up with wine while my mind was still thinking wisely. I wanted to find a way to enjoy myself and see what was good for people to do during their few days of life. ⁴ Then I did great things: I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. ⁵ I made gardens and parks, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. ⁶ I made pools of water for myself and used them to water my growing trees. ⁷ I bought male and female slaves, and slaves were also born in my house. I had large herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem had ever had before. ⁸ I also gathered silver and gold for myself, treasures from kings and other areas. I had male and female singers and all the women a man could ever want. ⁹ I became very famous, even greater than anyone who had lived in Jerusalem before me. My wisdom helped me in all this. ¹⁰ Anything I saw and wanted, I got for myself; I did not miss any pleasure I desired. I was pleased with everything I did, and this pleasure was the reward for all my hard work.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whatsoever: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Judges 14:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 23:5, 1 John 2:16

my heart rejoiced: Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Psalms 128:2

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:1 - all Solomon's 1 Kings 9:19 - that which Solomon desired 2 Chronicles 7:11 - all that came Proverbs 14:13 - General Proverbs 15:16 - great Proverbs 27:20 - so Ecclesiastes 1:17 - I perceived

Cross-References

Psalms 46:4
There is a river that brings joy to the city of God, the holy place where God Most High lives.

Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life. It was shining like crystal and was flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,.... Though this sense is only mentioned, all are designed; he denied himself of nothing that was agreeable to him, that was pleasing to the eye, to the ear, to the taste, or any other sense; he indulged himself in everything, observing a proper decorum, and keeping himself within the due bounds of sobriety and good sense;

I withheld not my heart from any joy: the Targum says, "from all joy of the law"; but it is to be understood of natural pleasure, and of the gratifications of the senses in a wise and moderate manner;

for my heart rejoiced in all my labours; he took all the pleasure that could be taken in the works he wrought for that purpose before enumerated;

and this was my portion of all my labour; pleasure was what he aimed at, and that he enjoyed; this was the fruit and issue of all his laborious works; the part allotted him, the inheritance he possessed, and the thing he sought after.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Portion - A word of frequent occurrence. By it Solomon describes the pleasure found in the act of working and also perhaps the pleasure felt in the process of acquiring wisdom; this pleasure is admitted to be good, if received from God (Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:18; compare 1 Timothy 4:4); but being transitory it is subject to vanity, and therefore does not afford a sufficient answer to the repeated question, “What profit etc.?” Ecclesiastes 1:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ecclesiastes 2:10. I withheld not my heart from any joy — He had every means of gratification; he could desire nothing that was not within his reach; and whatever he wished, he took care to possess.