4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;


In Context

1 I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also was vanity.

2 I said of laughter, It is mad; and of mirth, What doeth it?

3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

6 I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

Ecclesiastes 2:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:4I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:4I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.