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:
KJV
Possedi servos et ancillas, multamque familiam habui : armenta quoque, et magnos ovium greges, ultra omnes qui fuerunt ante me in Jerusalem ;
Vulgate
ἐκτησάμην δούλους καὶ παιδίσκας, καὶ οἰκογενεῖς ἐγένοντό μοι, καί γε κτῆσις βουκολίου καὶ ποιμνίου πολλὴ ἐγένετό μοι ὑπὲρ πάντας τοὺς γενομένους ἔμπροσθέν μου ἐν Ἰερουσαλήμ·
LXX
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;
ASV
קָנִ֨יתִי֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים וּ/שְׁפָח֔וֹת וּ/בְנֵי בַ֖יִת הָ֣יָה לִ֑/י גַּ֣ם מִקְנֶה֩ בָקָ֨ר וָ/צֹ֤אן הַרְבֵּה֙ הָ֣יָה לִ֔/י מִ/כֹּ֛ל שֶֽׁ/הָי֥וּ לְ/פָנַ֖/י בִּ/ירוּשָׁלִָֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Gen 14:14 — And 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.
- Gen 15:3 — And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
- Gen 30:43 — And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
- Jer 2:14 — Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled?