Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
In Context
5I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:12lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
1 Kings 7:1And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.
1 Kings 10:19six steps hath the throne, and a round top [is] to the throne behind it, and hands [are] on this [side] and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,
1 Chronicles 27:27and over the vineyards [is] Shimei the Ramathite; and over what [is] in the vineyards for the treasures of wine [is] Zabdi the Shiphmite;
2 Chronicles 8:6and Baalath, 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 buildeth towers in the wilderness, and diggeth many wells, for he had much cattle, both in the low country and in the plain, husbandmen and vine-dressers 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 →