American Standard Version
"A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things. "
— Ecclesiastes 10:19, American Standard Version
“A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but 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 thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!
Happy 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!
By slothfulness the roof sinketh in; and through idleness of the hands the house leaketh.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
Revile not the king, no, not in thy thought; and revile not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the heavens shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.