Ecclesiastes 2:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Ecclesiastes 2:4 in 6 Bible Translations

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Ecclesiastes 2:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — World English Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — American Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — Young's Literal Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — Darby Translation

Ecclesiastes 2:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“I haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.”

Ecclesiastes 2:4 — Geneva Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:4 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2

2 J’ai dit du rire: Insensé! Et de la joie: A quoi sert-elle?

3 Je résolus en mon cœur de livrer ma chair au vin, tandis que mon cœur me conduirait avec sagesse, et de m’attacher à la folie jusqu’à ce que je visse ce qu’il est bon pour les fils de l’homme de faire sous les cieux pendant le nombre des jours de leur vie.

4 J’exécutai de grands ouvrages: je me bâtis des maisons; je me plantai des vignes;

5 je me fis des jardins et des vergers, et j’y plantai des arbres à fruit de toute espèce;

6 je me créai des étangs, pour arroser la forêt où croissaient les arbres.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 2:4 Mean?

Ecclesiastes 2:4 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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