Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got me menservants, and maidservants, and had a great family: and herds of oxen, and great flocks of sheep, above all that were before me in Jerusalem:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
6And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
Cross References
Genesis 13:2And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.
Genesis 15:3And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.
1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen and twenty out of the pastures, and a hundred rams, besides venison of harts, roes, and buffles, and fatted fowls.
2 Kings 3:4Now Mesa, king of Moab, nourished many sheep, and he paid to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs, and a hundred thousand rams with their fleeces.
1 Chronicles 27:31And over the sheep Jazia an Agarene. All these were the rulers of the substance of king David.
2 Chronicles 32:27And Ezechias was rich, and very glorious, and he gathered himself great treasures of silver and of gold, and of precious stones, of spices, and of arms, of all kinds, and of vessels of great price.
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 →