Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me. New Living Translation So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me. English Standard Version So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. Berean Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me. King James Bible So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. New King James Version So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me. New American Standard Bible Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. NASB 1995 Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. NASB 1977 Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. Legacy Standard Bible Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. Amplified Bible So I became great and excelled more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. Christian Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me. American Standard Version So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And I was great and I had gained more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem, and also my wisdom remained with me Brenton Septuagint Translation So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me. Contemporary English Version I was the most famous person who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise. Douay-Rheims Bible And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me. English Revised Version So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. GOD'S WORD® Translation So I grew richer than anyone in Jerusalem before me. Yet, my wisdom remained with me. Good News Translation Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me. International Standard Version So I became great, greater than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem. Throughout all of this, I remained wise. JPS Tanakh 1917 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom stood me in stead. Literal Standard Version And I became great, and increased above everyone who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. Majority Standard Bible So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me. New American Bible I accumulated much more than all others before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom, too, stayed with me. NET Bible So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: New Revised Standard Version So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me. New Heart English Bible So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. Webster's Bible Translation So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. World English Bible So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me. Young's Literal Translation And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Futility of Pleasure…8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines. 9So I became great and surpassed all in Jerusalem who had preceded me; and my wisdom remained with me. 10Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 29:25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel and bestowed on him royal majesty such as had not been bestowed on any king in Israel before him. Ecclesiastes 1:16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have grown and increased in wisdom beyond all those before me who were over Jerusalem, and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge." Ecclesiastes 5:11 When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes? Treasury of Scripture So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. Ecclesiastes 1:16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. 1 Kings 3:12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 1 Kings 10:7,23 Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard… Jump to Previous Far Great Greater Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stead Stood Surpassed WisdomJump to Next Far Great Greater Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stead Stood Surpassed WisdomEcclesiastes 2 1. the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure12. Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event 18. The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom 24. Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift (9-11) Koheleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that fell to his lot, he found in it no abiding profit. He goes on in the following paragraph to complain that the wisdom and other advantages he possessed in his search for happiness render his failure the more disheartening.Verse 9. - So I was great (see on Ecclesiastes 1:16). This refers to the magnificence and extent of his possessions and luxury, as the former passage to the surpassing excellence of his wisdom. We may compare the mention of Abraham (Genesis 26:13), "The man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great" (sc. Job 1:3). Also my wisdom remained with me; perseveravit mecum (Vulgate); ἐστάθη μοι (Septuagint). In accordance with the purpose mentioned in ver. 3, he retained command of himself, studying philosophically the effects and nature of the pleasures of which he partook, and keeping ever in view the object of his pursuit. Voluptuousness was not the end which he sought, but one of the means to obtain the end; and what he calls his wisdom is not pure Divine wisdom that comes from above, but an earthly prudence and self-restraint. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So I became greatוְגָדַ֣לְתִּי (wə·ḡā·ḏal·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1431: To grow up, become great and surpassed וְהוֹסַ֔פְתִּי (wə·hō·w·sap̄·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment all מִכֹּ֛ל (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every in Jerusalem בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם (bî·rū·šā·lim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel who had preceded me; שֶׁהָיָ֥ה (še·hā·yāh) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be and אַ֥ף (’ap̄) Conjunction Strong's 637: Meaning accession, yea, adversatively though my wisdom חָכְמָתִ֖י (ḥā·ḵə·mā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2451: Wisdom remained with me. עָ֥מְדָה (‘ā·mə·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations Links Ecclesiastes 2:9 NIVEcclesiastes 2:9 NLT Ecclesiastes 2:9 ESV Ecclesiastes 2:9 NASB Ecclesiastes 2:9 KJV Ecclesiastes 2:9 BibleApps.com Ecclesiastes 2:9 Biblia Paralela Ecclesiastes 2:9 Chinese Bible Ecclesiastes 2:9 French Bible Ecclesiastes 2:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Ecclesiastes 2:9 So I was great and increased more (Ecclesiast. 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