The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 10:19 Explained

Ecclesiastes 10:19

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

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

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ecclesiastes 10:19 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 10

1  observations of wisdom and folly
7  death in life
9  and the day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought on

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 10:19 mean?

For laughter is made a feast and wine makes merry - but money answers - everything
לִשְׂחוֹק֙ עֹשִׂ֣ים לֶ֔חֶם וְיַ֖יִן יְשַׂמַּ֣ח חַיִּ֑ים וְהַכֶּ֖סֶף יַעֲנֶ֥ה אֶת־ הַכֹּֽל

לִשְׂחוֹק֙  For  laughter 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׂחֹוק  
Sense: laughter, laughing stock, mocking, derision.
עֹשִׂ֣ים  is  made 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לֶ֔חֶם  a  feast 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
וְיַ֖יִן  and  wine 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַיִן  
Sense: wine.
יְשַׂמַּ֣ח  makes  merry 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂמַח  
Sense: to rejoice, be glad.
חַיִּ֑ים    - 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.
וְהַכֶּ֖סֶף  but  money 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
יַעֲנֶ֥ה  answers 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לְעַנּׄות 
Sense: to answer, respond, testify, speak, shout.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַכֹּֽל  everything 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.