KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ecclesiastes 2:7
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
WEB World English Bible
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
ASV American Standard Version
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 2
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 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:
8 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.
9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
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קָנִ֙יתִי֙H7069 · qa.nahto buyעֲבָדִ֣יםH5650 · e.vedservant/slaveוּשְׁפָח֔וֹתH8198 · shiph.chahmaidservantוּבְנֵי־H1121 · benson: childבַ֖יִתH1004 · betplaceהָ֣יָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֑יH9030 · nimeגַּ֣םH1571 · gamalsoמִקְנֶה֩H4735 · miq.nehlivestockבָקָ֨רH1241 · ba.qarcattleוָצֹ֤אןH6629 · tsonflockהַרְבֵּה֙H7235 · ra.vahto multiplyהָ֣יָהH1961 · ha.yahto beלִ֔יH9030 · nimeמִכֹּ֛לH3605 · kolallשֶֽׁהָי֥וּH1961 · ha.yahto beלְפָנַ֖יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeבִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Genesis 13:2And Abram [was] very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.2 Kings 3:4And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.Nehemiah 7:57The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida,Job 42:12So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.1 Kings 4:23Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.2 Chronicles 26:10Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen [also], and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.Genesis 14:14And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained [servants], born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued [them] unto Dan.Ezra 2:58All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, [were] three hundred ninety and two.Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.2 Chronicles 32:27-29And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;1 Kings 9:20-22[And] all the people [that were] left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which [were] not of the children of Israel,Genesis 17:12-13And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which [is] not of thy seed.1 Chronicles 27:29-31And over the herds that fed in Sharon [was] Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds [that were] in the valleys [was] Shaphat the son of Adlai:Genesis 15:3And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
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