American King James Version
"A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. ¶ "
— Ecclesiastes 10:19, American King James Version
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.”
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things. ”
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.”
“Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.”
“For laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money.”
“A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.”
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.”
Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning!
Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! ¶
By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through. ¶
A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. ¶
Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.