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Canticum Canticorum 2:10
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Si intraverit sapientia cor tuum, et scientia anim� tu� placuerit,
Et omnia qu� desideraverunt oculi mei
non negavi eis,
nec prohibui cor meum quin omni voluptate frueretur,
et oblectaret se in his qu� pr�paraveram;
et hanc ratus sum partem meam si uterer labore meo.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
whatsoever: Ecclesiastes 3:22, Ecclesiastes 6:9, Ecclesiastes 11:9, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 6:2, Judges 14:2, Job 31:1, Psalms 119:37, Proverbs 23:5, 1 John 2:16
my heart rejoiced: Ecclesiastes 2:22, Ecclesiastes 5:18, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Psalms 128:2
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 9:1 - all Solomon's 1 Kings 9:19 - that which Solomon desired 2 Chronicles 7:11 - all that came Proverbs 14:13 - General Proverbs 15:16 - great Proverbs 27:20 - so Ecclesiastes 1:17 - I perceived
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them,.... Though this sense is only mentioned, all are designed; he denied himself of nothing that was agreeable to him, that was pleasing to the eye, to the ear, to the taste, or any other sense; he indulged himself in everything, observing a proper decorum, and keeping himself within the due bounds of sobriety and good sense;
I withheld not my heart from any joy: the Targum says, "from all joy of the law"; but it is to be understood of natural pleasure, and of the gratifications of the senses in a wise and moderate manner;
for my heart rejoiced in all my labours; he took all the pleasure that could be taken in the works he wrought for that purpose before enumerated;
and this was my portion of all my labour; pleasure was what he aimed at, and that he enjoyed; this was the fruit and issue of all his laborious works; the part allotted him, the inheritance he possessed, and the thing he sought after.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Portion - A word of frequent occurrence. By it Solomon describes the pleasure found in the act of working and also perhaps the pleasure felt in the process of acquiring wisdom; this pleasure is admitted to be good, if received from God (Ecclesiastes 2:26; Ecclesiastes 5:18; compare 1 Timothy 4:4); but being transitory it is subject to vanity, and therefore does not afford a sufficient answer to the repeated question, “What profit etc.?” Ecclesiastes 1:3.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 2:10. I withheld not my heart from any joy — He had every means of gratification; he could desire nothing that was not within his reach; and whatever he wished, he took care to possess.