Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 verse 9 Holy Bible
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 I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.
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And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
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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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So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.
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And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - So I was great (see on Ecclesiastes 1:16). This refers to the magnificence and extent of his possessions and luxury, as the former passage to the surpassing excellence of his wisdom. We may compare the mention of Abraham (Genesis 26:13), "The man waxed great, and grew more and more until he became very great" (sc. Job 1:3). Also my wisdom remained with me; perseveravit mecum (Vulgate); ἐστάθη μοι (Septuagint). In accordance with the purpose mentioned in ver. 3, he retained command of himself, studying philosophically the effects and nature of the pleasures of which he partook, and keeping ever in view the object of his pursuit. Voluptuousness was not the end which he sought, but one of the means to obtain the end; and what he calls his wisdom is not pure Divine wisdom that comes from above, but an earthly prudence and self-restraint.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9-11) Koheleth carried out his plan of tempering his enjoyment with discretion, but while he took his fill of the pleasure that fell to his lot, he found in it no abiding profit. He goes on in the following paragraph to complain that the wisdom and other advantages he possessed in his search for happiness render his failure the more disheartening.
