9So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.


In Context

6 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

7 I 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;

8 I 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.

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

10 Whatever 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.

11 Then 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.

Ecclesiastes 2:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:9I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:9And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:9And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:9So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.