the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Ecclesiastes 2:9
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Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.
Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.
And I was greater and in more worship then all my predecessours in Hierusalem: For wisdome remayned with me.
And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
And I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom stayed with me.
I became very rich and famous. I was greater than anyone who lived in Jerusalem before me. My wisdom was always there to help me.
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more then all that were before mee in Ierusalem; also my wisedome remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
(Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me:
Oh, how I prospered! I left all my predecessors in Jerusalem far behind, left them behind in the dust. What's more, I kept a clear head through it all. Everything I wanted I took—I never said no to myself. I gave in to every impulse, held back nothing. I sucked the marrow of pleasure out of every task—my reward to myself for a hard day's work!
So I became great and excelled more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:
I was the most famous person who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise.
So I grew great, surpassing all who preceded me in Yerushalayim; my wisdom, too, stayed with me.
And I was great, & increased aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem: also my wisedome remained with me.
So I became great, and my wealth increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. My wisdom also remained with me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom stood me in stead.
So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me.
Then I became great, greater than all who lived before me in Jerusalem. And my wisdom stayed with me.
So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.
So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me.
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.
So I became great, and increased, more than any one who had been before me in Jerusalem, - moreover, my wisdom, remained with me;
And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.
Thus, I accomplished far more than anyone who was before me in Jerusalem—indeed, my wisdom stood by me.
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.
Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.
I became very famous, even greater than anyone who had lived in Jerusalem before me. My wisdom helped me in all this.
Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me.
and Y passide in richessis alle men, that weren bifor me in Jerusalem. Also wisdom dwellide stabli with me,
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.
And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Ecclesiastes 1:16, 1 Kings 3:12, 1 Kings 10:7, 1 Kings 10:23, 1 Chronicles 29:25, 2 Chronicles 1:1, 2 Chronicles 9:22, 2 Chronicles 9:23
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 1:12 - such as none
Cross-References
And Yahweh God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And out of the ground made Yahweh God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die.
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, or else you will die.
And it shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all [of] this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.
She is a tree of life to those that lay hold on her: And happy is every one that retains her.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise wins souls.
that frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes fortune-tellers insane; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, None sees me; your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you, and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other besides me.
I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to Sheol with those that descend into the pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the nether parts of the earth.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
So I was great,.... Became famous for the great works wrought by him before mentioned;
and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; the Targum adds, "in riches"; but it seems rather to respect his fame and glory among men; though in general it may include his increase of wealth, power, and honour, and everything that contributed to his external happiness;
also my wisdom remained with me; the Targum adds, "and it helped me"; which he exercised and showed in the government of his kingdom, in the conduct of his family, in his personal deportment and behaviour; amidst all his pleasures, he did not neglect the study of natural knowledge, nor give himself up to sordid and sinful lusts; and so was a better judge of pleasure, whether true happiness consisted in it or not.