Ecclesiastes 2:9 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

So I grew richer than anyone in Jerusalem before me. Yet, my wisdom remained with me.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

ASV:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

BBE:

And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

DBY:

And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

ERV:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

JPS:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom stood me in stead.

WBS:

So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

WEB:

So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

YLT:

And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.

Ecclesiastes 2:9 Cross References

XREF:

1 Chronicles 29:25 The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 I said to myself, "Behold, I have magnified and increased wisdom more than all who were over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has observed a wealth of wisdom and knowledge." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

2:9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom {f} remained with me.
(f) For all this God did not take his gift of wisdom from me.

WES:

2:9 Great - In riches, and power, and glory. My wisdom remained - As yet I was not wholly seduced from God.

MHC:

2:1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one thing to another, are like the restlessness of a man in a fever. Perceiving it was folly to give himself to wine, he next tried the costly amusements of princes. The poor, when they read such a description, are ready to feel discontent. But the remedy against all such feelings is in the estimate of it all by the owner himself. All was vanity and vexation of spirit: and the same things would yield the same result to us, as to Solomon. Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content. His wisdom remained with him; a strong understanding, with great human knowledge. But every earthly pleasure, when unconnected with better blessings, leaves the mind as eager and unsatisfied as before. Happiness arises not from the situation in which we are placed. It is only through Jesus Christ that final blessedness can be attained.

CONC:

Anyone Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stayed Stead Stood Surpassed Wisdom

Far Great Greater Increased Increasing Jerusalem Preceded Stead Stood Surpassed Wisdom

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