Ecclesiastes 10:19 - Common English Bible

Feasts are made for laughter, wine cheers the living, and money answers everything.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

[Instead of repairing the breaches, the officials] make a feast for laughter, serve wine to cheer life, and [depend on tax] money to answer for all of it.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Catholic Public Domain Version

While laughing, they make bread and wine, so that the living may feast. And all things are obedient to money.