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


In Context

6 I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

7 I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

8 I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man — a wife and wives.

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

10 And all that mine eyes asked I kept not back from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labour, and this hath been my portion, from all my labour,

11 and I have looked on all my works that my hands have done, and on the labour that I have laboured to do, and lo, the whole is vanity and vexation of spirit, and there is no advantage 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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