Ecclesiastes 2:4 - The Message4-8 Oh, I did great things: built houses, planted vineyards, designed gardens and parks and planted a variety of fruit trees in them, made pools of water to irrigate the groves of trees. I bought slaves, male and female, who had children, giving me even more slaves; then I acquired large herds and flocks, larger than any before me in Jerusalem. I piled up silver and gold, loot from kings and kingdoms. I gathered a chorus of singers to entertain me with song, and—most exquisite of all pleasures— voluptuous maidens for my bed. See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 I made great works; I built myself houses, I planted vineyards. See the chapterAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards; See the chapterCommon English Bible4 I took on great projects: I built houses for myself, planted vineyards for myself. See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version4 I magnified my works. I built houses for myself, and I planted vineyards. See the chapter |