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Ecclesiastes 2:4

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

KJV

Magnificavi opera mea, ædificavi mihi domos, et plantavi vineas ;

Vulgate

ἐμεγάλυνα ποίημά μου, ᾠκοδόμησά μοι οἴκους, ἐφύτευσά μοι ἀμπελῶνας,

LXX

I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

ASV

הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּי מַעֲשָׂ֑/י בָּנִ֤יתִי לִ/י֙ בָּתִּ֔ים נָטַ֥עְתִּי לִ֖/י כְּרָמִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְנ֣וֹת
bnvt
verb · 365×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
י
y
noun · 92×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
נָטְע֣וּ
nt'v
verb · 59×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. He has shown from the Priest, from the Priesthood, from the Covenant, that that [dispensation] was to have an end. From this point he shows it from the fashion of the tabernacle itself. How? This, he says, [was] the Holy and the Holy of Holies. The holy place then is a symbol of the former period (for there all things are done by means of sacrifices); but the Holy of Holies …

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 27:27 — And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:
  • 1Kgs 7:1 — But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
  • 1Kgs 7:1 — But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
  • 1Kgs 9:1 — And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
  • 1Kgs 10:19 — The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.
  • 1Kgs 15:19 — There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he m
  • 2Chr 8:1 — And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house,
  • 2Chr 8:11 — And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the
  • 2Chr 26:10 — Also 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 h
  • 2Sam 18:18 — Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king’s dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own
  • Dan 4:30 — The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
  • Deut 8:12 — Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
  • Deut 8:12 — Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
  • Gen 11:4 — And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
  • Isa 5:1 — Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
  • Ps 49:11 — Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.
  • Song 7:12 — Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.
  • Song 8:11 — Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
  • Song 8:11 — Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.