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:
Context
This verse from Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 connects to 10 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
Other Translations
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;
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.
I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Cross References
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the …
All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and …
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred …
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and …
And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that …
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine …
And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, …
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.