Ecclesiastes 2:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁷ 4 The eyes of a wise man are in his head: the fool walketh in darkness: and I learned that they were to die both alike.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁷ I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ I bought menservants and maidservants and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

Common English Bible

⁷ I acquired male servants and female servants; I even had slaves born in my house. I also had great herds of cattle and sheep, more than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ I obtained men and women servants, and I had a great family, as well as herds of cattle and great flocks of sheep, beyond all who were before me in Jerusalem.

Ecclesiastes 2:7 Cross References

Genesis 13:2

And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

Genesis 14:14

4 Which when Abram had heard, to wit, that his brother Lot was taken, he numbered of the servants born in his house, three hundred and eighteen well appointed: and pursued them to Dan.

Genesis 15:3

And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

1 Kings 4:23

8 They brought barley also and straw for the horses, and beasts, to the place where the king was, according as it was appointed them.

2 Kings 3:4

So the king of Israel, and the king of Juda, and the king of Edom went, and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army, and for the beasts, that followed them.

2 Chronicles 26:10

5 And he made in Jerusalem engines of diverse kinds, which he placed in the towers, and in the corners of the walls, to shoot arrows, and great stones: and his name went forth far abroad, for the Lord helped him, and had strengthened him.

Ezra 2:55

0 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred fifty-two.

Ezra 2:58

3 And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.

Nehemiah 7:57

2 The children of Dalaia, the children of Tobia, the children of Necoda, six hundred forty-two.

Job 1:3

And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?

Job 42:12

But his will is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he shall meditate day and night.

Luke 12:45

3 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.