Ecclesiastes 2:10

10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted;
Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”

I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure.
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.

So all my accomplishments gave me joy;
Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”

this was my reward for all my effort.
Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”

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