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Ecclesiastes

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Ecclesiastes 2:4-9

4I enlargedH1431 my worksH4639: I 1builtH1129 housesH1004 for myself, I plantedH5193 2vineyardsH3754 for myself; 5I madeH6213 3gardensH1593 and 4parksH6508 for myself, and I plantedH5193 in them allH3605 kinds of fruitH6529 treesH6086; 6I madeH6213 5pondsH1295 of waterH4325 for myself from which to irrigateH8248 a forestH3293 of growingH6779 treesH6086. 7I boughtH7069 maleH5650 and femaleH8198 slavesH8198H5650, and I hadH1961 67slavesH1121 born at homeH1004. I alsoH1571 possessed flocksH6629 and 8herdsH1241 largerH7235 thanH4480 allH3605 whoH7945 precededH6440 me in JerusalemH3389. 8I alsoH1571 amassedH3664 for myself silverH3701 and 9goldH2091, and the treasureH5459 of kingsH4428 and provincesH4082. I providedH6213 for myself 10male and female singersH7891, and the pleasuresH8588 of the sonsH1121 of mankindH120: manyH7705 concubinesH7705.

9Then I becameH1431 11greatH1431 and increasedH3254 moreH4480 thanH4480 allH3605 whoH7945 precededH6440 me in JerusalemH3389. My wisdomH2451 alsoH637 stoodH5975 by me.

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Notes

  1. 1. Ecclesiastes 2:4 1 Kin 7:1-12 ↩
  2. 2. Ecclesiastes 2:4 Song 8:11 ↩
  3. 3. Ecclesiastes 2:5 Song 4:16; 5:1 ↩
  4. 4. Ecclesiastes 2:5 Neh 2:8 ↩
  5. 5. Ecclesiastes 2:6 Neh 2:14; 3:15, 16 ↩
  6. 6. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Lit sons ↩
  7. 7. Ecclesiastes 2:7 Gen 14:14; 15:3 ↩
  8. 8. Ecclesiastes 2:7 1 Kin 4:23 ↩
  9. 9. Ecclesiastes 2:8 1 Kin 9:28; 10:10, 14, 21 ↩
  10. 10. Ecclesiastes 2:8 2 Sam 19:35 ↩
  11. 11. Ecclesiastes 2:9 1 Chr 29:25; Eccl 1:16 ↩

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