Ecclesiastes 2:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁹ So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁹ So I became far greater than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. Moreover, my wisdom stood by me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ And I surpassed in opulence all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also persevered with me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ecclesiastes 2:9 Krydshenvisninger

1 Kings 10:23

Thus King Solomon excelled all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom.

1 Kings 10:7

but I did not believe the reports until I came and my own eyes saw it. Not even half had been told me; your wisdom and prosperity far surpass the report that I had heard.

1 Kings 3:12

I now do according to your word. Indeed, I give you a wise and discerning mind; no one like you has been before you, and no one like you shall arise after you.

1 Chronicles 29:25

The Lord highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel.

2 Chronicles 1:1

Solomon son of David strengthened himself in his kingdom; the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I said to myself, “I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my mind has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.”

Ecclesiastes 5:11

When goods increase, those who eat them increase, and what gain has their owner but to see them with his eyes?