Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
In Context
5I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12That when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
1 Kings 7:1But his own house was Solomon building thirteen years, and then he finished all his house.
1 Kings 10:19The throne had six steps, and there was a round top on the throne behind; and there were arms on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the arms.
1 Chronicles 27:27And over the vineyards was Shim'i the Ramathite; and over what was in the vineyards, as regardeth the supplies of wine, was Zabdi the Shiphmite.
2 Chronicles 8:6And Ba'alath, and all the treasure-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for chariots, and the cities for horsemen, and all the [other] desire of Solomon which he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in the Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 26:10He built also towers in the desert, and hewed out many wells; for he had much cattle, both in the lowlands and in the plain; [also] husbandmen, and vintners in 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 →