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Chinese Union (Simplified)

传道书 2:10

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 。

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Epicureans;   Industry;   Investigation;   Joy;   Pleasure;   Self-Indulgence;   Vanity;   Wisdom;   Worldliness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earthly;   Enjoyment;   Joy;   Joy-Sorrow;   Sinners;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Joy;   Music;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;   Israel, History of;   Jewels, Jewelry;   Joy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ecclesiastes;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Winter ;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher;   Labor;   Mad;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Eye;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 1;  

Parallel Translations

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。

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

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.


 
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