Ecclesiastes 2:10

I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ¹  I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ²  So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ³  this was my reward for all my effort. ⁴ 

Ge 3:6; Ge 6:2; Jud 14:2; Job 31:1; Ps 119:37; Ps 128:2; Pr 23:5; Ec 2:22; Ec 3:22; Ec 5:18; Ec 6:9; Ec 9:9; Ec 11:9; 1Jo 2:16

¹ tn Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”

² tn Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.

³ tn Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”

⁴ tn Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”