Ecclesiastes 2:9 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁹ 6 For there shall be no remembrance of the wise no more than of the fool for ever, and the times to come shall cover all things together with oblivion: the learned dieth in like manner as the unlearned.

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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.

Ecclesiastes 2:9 Cross References

1 Kings 10:23

8 And horses were brought for Solomon out of Egypt, and Coa: for the king's merchants brought them out of Coa, and bought them at a set price.

1 Kings 10:7

2 And the king made of the thyine trees the rails of the house of the Lord, and of the king's house, and citterns and harps for singers: there were no such thyine trees as these brought, nor seen unto this day.)

1 Kings 3:12

7 And one of them said: I beseech thee, my lord, I and this woman dwelt in one house, and I was delivered of a child with her in the chamber.

1 Chronicles 29:25

0 And of all his reign, and his valour, and of the times that passed under him, either in Israel, or in all the kingdoms of the countries.

2 Chronicles 1:1

And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar, before the tabernacle of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up on it a thousand victims.

Ecclesiastes 1:16

I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,

Ecclesiastes 5:11

8 This therefore hath seemed good to me, that a man should eat and drink, and enjoy the fruit of his labour, wherewith he hath laboured under the sun, all the days of his life, which God hath given him: and this is his portion.