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Passage Lookup: Ecclesiastes 2:4-11
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New International Version (1984 Edition)
Ecclesiastes 2:4
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I undertook great projects: I built houses for myself and planted vineyards.
Ecclesiastes 2:5
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I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
Ecclesiastes 2:6
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I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:7
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I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:8
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I amassed silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and provinces. I acquired men and women singers, and a harem as well-the delights of the heart of man.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
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I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
Ecclesiastes 2:10
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I denied myself nothing my eyes desired; I refused my heart no pleasure. My heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
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Yet when I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.
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