King James Version with Apocrypha
"I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:"
— Ecclesiastes 2:4, King James Version with Apocrypha
“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:”
“I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards; ”
“I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.”
“Futility of Materialism I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself.”
“I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,”
“I undertook great works, building myself houses and planting vine-gardens.”
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity.
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
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.
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: