Ecclesiastes 2:4-10 ▼

4 I undertook great works; I built myself houses and planted vineyards;

5 I made gardens and parks, and in them set out fruit trees of all sorts.

6 And I constructed for myself reservoirs to water a flourishing woodland.

7 I acquired male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned vast herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

8 I amassed for myself silver and gold, and the treasures of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and delights of men, many women.

9 I accumulated much more than all others before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom, too, stayed with me.

10 Nothing that my eyes desired did I deny them, nor did I deprive myself of any joy; rather, my heart rejoiced in the fruit of all my toil. This was my share for all my toil.