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I got me servants and maidens, and had servants borna 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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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.
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So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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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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Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
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And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done.
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The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.
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Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
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For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
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Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
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Yea, I hated all my labour which I had takenc under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
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Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun.
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For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leaved it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.
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For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?
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For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
Eclesiastés 2:4
Engrandecí mis obras, me edifiqué casas, planté viñas para mí;
English Standard Version ESV
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made great works. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
Eclesiastés 2:4
Engrandecí mis obras, edifiqué para mí casas, planté para mí viñas
New King James Version NKJV
Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made my works great, I built myself houses, and planted myself vineyards.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
Eclesiastés 2:4
También traté de encontrar sentido a la vida edificándome enormes mansiones y plantando hermosos viñedos.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
Eclesiastés 2:4
Realicé grandes obras: me construí casas, me planté viñedos,
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
Eclesiastés 2:4
Engrandecí mis obras, edifiquéme casas, plantéme viñas;
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
Eclesiastés 2:4
Engrandecí mis obras, edifiqué para mí casas, planté para mí viñas;
Herramientas de Estudio para Ecclesiastes 2:4-26
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