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Ecclesiastes 2:9

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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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Ecclesiastes 2:9 in other translations

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

Ecclesiastes 2:9 · American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:9 in context

  1. 7I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
  2. 8I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
  3. 9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
  4. 10Whatever my eyes desired, I didn’t keep from them. I didn’t withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.
  5. 11Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.