Modern Translations New International VersionA feast is made for laughter, wine makes life merry, and money is the answer for everything. New Living Translation A party gives laughter, wine gives happiness, and money gives everything! English Standard Version Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything. Berean Study Bible A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. New American Standard Bible People prepare a meal for enjoyment, wine makes life joyful, and money is the answer to everything. NASB 1995 Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything. NASB 1977 Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything. Amplified Bible 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. Christian Standard Bible A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life happy, and money is the answer for everything. Holman Christian Standard Bible A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life happy, and money is the answer for everything. Contemporary English Version Eating and drinking make you feel happy, and money can buy everything you need. Good News Translation Feasting makes you happy and wine cheers you up, but you can't have either without money. GOD'S WORD® Translation A meal is made for laughter, and wine makes life pleasant, but money is the answer for everything. International Standard Version Festivals are for laughter, wine makes life pleasant, and money speaks to everything. NET Bible Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. Classic Translations King James BibleA feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. New King James Version A feast is made for laughter, And wine makes merry; But money answers everything. King James 2000 Bible A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. New Heart English Bible A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes the life glad; and money is the answer for 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. American King James Version A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. American Standard Version A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things. A Faithful Version A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry; but money answers all things. Darby Bible Translation A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh life merry; but money answereth everything. English Revised Version A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life: and money answereth all things. Webster's Bible Translation A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Early Modern Geneva Bible of 1587They prepare bread for laughter, and wine comforteth the liuing, but siluer answereth to all. Bishops' Bible of 1568 Coverdale Bible of 1535 Meate maketh men to laugh, and wyne maketh them mery: but vnto money are all thinges obedient. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor mirth they are making a feast, "" And wine makes life joyful, "" And the silver answers with all. Young's Literal Translation For mirth they are making a feast, And wine maketh life joyful, And the silver answereth with all. Smith's Literal Translation For laughter they make bread, and wine will gladden the living: and silver will answer with all. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor laughter they make bread, and wine that the living may feast: and all things obey money. Catholic Public Domain Version While laughing, they make bread and wine, so that the living may feast. And all things are obedient to money. Translations from Aramaic Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedFor joy, bread and wine are made, and oil that gladdens life; and money humbles and seduces them in all things Lamsa Bible Bread and wine are made for joy, and oil makes life merry; but money brings one low and causes him to go astray in all things. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917A feast is made for laughter, And wine maketh glad the life; And money answereth all things. Brenton Septuagint Translation Men prepare bread for laughter, and wine and oil that the living should rejoice: but to money all things will humbly yield obedience.     |