Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything.

New American Standard Bible

Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

King James Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

Holman Bible

A feast is prepared for laughter,
and wine makes life happy,
and money is the answer for everything.

International Standard Version

Festivals are for laughter, wine makes life pleasant, and money speaks to everything.

A Conservative Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes glad the life, and money answers all things.

American Standard Version

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.

Amplified

The officials make a feast for enjoyment [instead of repairing what is broken], and serve wine to make life merry, and money is the answer to everything.

Bible in Basic English

A feast is for laughing, and wine makes glad the heart; but by the one and the other money is wasted.

Julia Smith Translation

For laughter they make bread, and wine will gladden the living: and silver will answer with all.

King James 2000

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things.

Lexham Expanded Bible

{Feasts are held for celebration}, wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.

Modern King James verseion

Bread is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but silver answers all things.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Meat maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merry; but unto money are all things obedient.

NET Bible

Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.

New Heart English Bible

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

The Emphasized Bible

Merrily people make bread, and, wine, gladdeneth life, - but, money, answereth all things.

Webster

A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

World English Bible

A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for all things.

Youngs Literal Translation

For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A feast
לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

שׂחק שׂחוק 
S@chowq 
Usage: 15

and wine
יין 
Yayin 
Usage: 140

שׂמח 
Samach 
Usage: 155

but money
כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

References

Smith

Context Readings

The Burden Of Folly

18 By much sloth fulness the framework falleth in; and through idleness of the hands the house drippeth. 19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything. 20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for the bird of the air will carry the voice, and that which hath wings will tell the matter.



Cross References

Psalm 104:15

And wine which gladdeneth the heart of man; making his face shine with oil; and with bread he strengtheneth man's heart.

Luke 12:19

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much good things laid by for many years; repose thyself, eat, drink, be merry.

Genesis 43:34

And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.

Judges 9:13

But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my wine which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees?'

1 Samuel 25:36

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was drunken to excess; so she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

2 Samuel 13:28

And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

1 Chronicles 21:24

And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will in any case buy them for the full money; for I will not take that which is thine for Jehovah, to offer up a burnt-offering without cost.

1 Chronicles 29:2-9

And I have prepared according to all my power for the house of my God gold for things of gold, and silver for things of silver, and brass for things of brass, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious stones, and white marble in abundance.

2 Chronicles 24:11-14

And it came to pass at the time the chest was brought for the king's control by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and high priest's officer came, and they emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance.

Ezra 1:6

And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered.

Ezra 7:15-18

and to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is at Jerusalem,

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to them, We, according to our ability, have redeemed our brethren the Jews, who were sold to the nations; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? And they were silent and found no answer.

Psalm 112:9

He scattereth abroad, he giveth to the needy; his righteousness abideth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Ecclesiastes 2:1-2

I said in my heart, Come now, I will try thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. But behold, this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 7:2-6

It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting: in that that is the end of all men, and the living taketh it to heart.

Ecclesiastes 7:11-12

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, and profitable to them that see the sun.

Ecclesiastes 9:7

Go, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God hath already accepted thy works.

Isaiah 23:18

And her merchandise and her hire shall be holy to Jehovah: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before Jehovah, to eat and be sufficed, and for excellent clothing.

Isaiah 24:11

There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone;

Daniel 5:1-12

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles, and drank wine before the thousand.

Matthew 17:27

But that we may not be an offence to them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and when thou hast opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater; take that and give it to them for me and thee.

Matthew 19:21

Jesus said to him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell what thou hast and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

Luke 8:3

and Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to him of their substance.

Acts 2:45

and sold their possessions and substance, and distributed them to all, according as any one might have need.

Acts 11:29

And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister to them;

Ephesians 5:18-19

And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

Philippians 4:15-19

And know also ye, O Philippians, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I came out of Macedonia, no assembly communicated anything to me in the way of giving and receiving save ye alone;

1 Timothy 6:17-19

Enjoin on those rich in the present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust on the uncertainty of riches; but in the God who affords us all things richly for our enjoyment;

1 Peter 4:3

For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries.

Luke 16:9

And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends with the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it fails ye may be received into the eternal tabernacles.

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