Ecclesiastes 2:4
2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
- KJV
- I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
- WEB
- I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
- ASV
- I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
- DARBY
- I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
- BLB
- I made great my works; I built for myself houses, and I planted for myself vineyards;
- ÅB
- Jeg utførte store arbeider, jeg bygget meg hus, jeg plantet meg vingårder,
- OTB
- Jeg satte i gang med store verk: Jeg bygde hus for meg selv og plantet vingårder.
- B1930
- Jeg utførte store arbeider, jeg bygget mig hus, jeg plantet mig vingårder,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Kings 7:1–12
But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:11
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come.
Read in context2 Chronicles 8:1–6
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
Read in contextPsalms 49:11
Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
Read in context1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
Read in contextIsaiah 5:1
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
Read in context1 Kings 15:19
There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
Read in contextSong of Solomon 8:11–12
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
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