Ecclesiastes 2:4
I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
In Context
5I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein,
1 Kings 7:1Bvt Salomon was building his owne house thirteene yeeres, and finished all his house.
1 Kings 10:19And the throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind, and there were stayes on either side on the place of the throne, and two lions standing by the stayes.
1 Chronicles 27:27And ouer them that dressed the vines, was Shimei the Ramathite: and ouer that which apperteined to the vines, and ouer the store of the wine was Sabdi the Shiphmite:
2 Chronicles 8:6Also Baalath, and al the cities of store that Salomon had, and all the charet cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and euery pleasant place that Salomon had a minde to builde in Ierusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the lande of his dominion.
2 Chronicles 26:10And he built towres in the wildernesse, and digged many cisternes: for he had much cattell both in the valleyes and playnes, plowmen, and dressers of vines in the mountaines, and in Carmel: for he loued husbandrie.
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 →