Ecclesiastes 2:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men: musical instruments of all sorts.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man--a wife and wives.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and gold, and the chiefe treasures of Kings and prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues.”
Ecclesiastes 2:8 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:8 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
6 je me créai des étangs, pour arroser la forêt où croissaient les arbres.
7 J’achetai des serviteurs et des servantes, et j’eus leurs enfants nés dans la maison; je possédai des troupeaux de bœufs et de brebis, plus que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem.
8 Je m’amassai de l’argent et de l’or, et les richesses des rois et des provinces. Je me procurai des chanteurs et des chanteuses, et les délices des fils de l’homme, des femmes en grand nombre.
9 Je devins grand, plus grand que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem. Et même ma sagesse demeura avec moi.
10 Tout ce que mes yeux avaient désiré, je ne les en ai point privés; je n’ai refusé à mon cœur aucune joie; car mon cœur prenait plaisir à tout mon travail, et c’est la part qui m’en est revenue.
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:8 Mean?
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