Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
In Context
5I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12lest you eat and have been satisfied, and build good houses and have inhabited [them],
1 Kings 7:1And Solomon has built his own house [in] thirteen years, and he finishes all his house.
1 Kings 10:19the throne has six steps, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, to the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
1 Chronicles 27:27and Shimei the Ramathite [is] over the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite [is] over what [is] in the vineyards for the treasures of wine;
2 Chronicles 8:6and Ba‘alath, and all the cities of store that Solomon had, and all the cities of the chariot, and the cities of the horsemen, and all the desire of Solomon that he desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 26:10and he builds towers in the wilderness, and digs many wells, for he had much livestock, both in the low country and in the plain, farmers and vinedressers in the mountains, and in Carmel; for he was a lover of the ground.
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 →