Pengkhotbah 2:9

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Dengan demikian aku menjadi besar, bahkan lebih besar dari pada siapapun yang pernah hidup di Yerusalem sebelum aku; dalam pada itu hikmatku tinggal tetap padaku.

Parallel Translations

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari
Dengan demikian aku menjadi besar, bahkan lebih besar dari pada siapapun yang pernah hidup di Yerusalem sebelum aku; dalam pada itu hikmatku tinggal tetap padaku.

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

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.