Ecclesiastes 2:9
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
In context
7 I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
8 and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
9 So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
10 Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
11 Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Ecclesiastes 2:9 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
- KJV King James Version
- So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
- WEB World English Bible
- So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
- DBY Darby Translation
- And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
- WBS Webster Bible
- So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.