Ecclesiastes 2:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Ecclesiastes 2:9

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So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

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KJV

King James Version

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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WEB

World English Bible

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

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ASV

American Standard Version

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Ecclesiastes 2

⁷ I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

⁸ and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

⁹ So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.

¹⁰ Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.

¹¹ Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

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