Ecclesiastes 2:4
What does Ecclesiastes 2:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 2:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
KJV
King James Version · 1611I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Context
v.3I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold on folly, till I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their life.
v.4This passage
v.5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Daniel 4:30
The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
- 2 Chronicles 8:1
And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of Jehovah, and his own house,
- Deuteronomy 8:12
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- 2 Chronicles 26:10
And he built towers in the wilderness, and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much cattle; in the lowland also, and in the plain: and he had husbandmen and vinedressers in the mountains and in the fruitful fields; for he loved husbandry.
- Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.
- 1 Kings 9:1
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
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