Ecclesiastes 10:19
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.In other versions
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
ASV
A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.
BBE
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.
DBY
A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes the life glad; And money is the answer for all things.
WEB
For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.
YLT
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.
ENG
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
WBT
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
BSB
In context
17Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!
18By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.
19A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.
20Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.