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


In Context

1 I said in my heart: I will go, and abound with delights, and enjoy good things. And I saw that this also was vanity.

2 Laughter I counted error: and to mirth I said: Why art thou vainly deceived?

3 I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life.

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

5 I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,

6 And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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