Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
In Context
5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
1 Kings 7:1And Solomon was thirteen years building his own house; and he finished all his house.
1 Kings 10:19the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was rounded behind; and there were arms on each side at the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms;
1 Chronicles 27:27And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards of stores of wine was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
2 Chronicles 8:6and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and on Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 26:10And he built towers in the desert and digged many cisterns; for he had much cattle, both in the lowland and on the plateau, husbandmen [also] and vinedressers on the mountains and in Carmel; for he loved husbandry.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →