Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house.
New American Standard Bible
I bought male and female slaves and I had
King James Version
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:
International Standard Version
I acquired male and female slaves, and had other slaves born in my house. I also acquired for myself increasing numbers of herds and flocks more than anyone who had lived before me in Jerusalem.
A Conservative Version
I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.
American Standard Version
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;
Amplified
I bought male and female slaves and had slaves born in my house. I also possessed herds and flocks larger than any who preceded me in Jerusalem.
Bible in Basic English
I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Darby Translation
I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.
Julia Smith Translation
I obtained servants and maids, and sons of the house were to me; also obtaining cattle, and many sheep were to me more than all that were before me in Jerusalem.
King James 2000
I got myself male and female servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle more than all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I acquired male slaves and female slaves, as well as children [born in my] house. I also had livestock, cattle, and flocks more than anyone who [was] before me in Jerusalem.
Modern King James verseion
I bought slaves and slave women, and sons of the house were mine; also livestock, a herd and a great flock were mine, above all that were before me in Jerusalem.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I bought servants and maidens, and had a great household. As for cattle and sheep, I had more substance of them than all they that were before me in Jerusalem.
NET Bible
I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock -- both herds and flocks -- than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem.
New Heart English Bible
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
The Emphasized Bible
I acquired, men-servants and women-servants, and, the children of the household, were mine, - also possessions, herds and flocks in abundance, were mine, beyond all who had been before me in Jerusalem;
Webster
I procured 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:
World English Bible
I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;
Youngs Literal Translation
I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance -- herd and flock -- above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.
Themes
Epicureans » Doctrines propagated by, familiar to solomon
Servant » Bond » Rights of those born to a master
Interlinear
Shiphchah
Rabah
Baqar
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 2:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet's Investigation Of Personal Accomplishment
6
I constructed reservoirs of water for myself from which to irrigate a grove of flourishing trees.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 13:2
Abram was very rich
Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his relative had been taken prisoner, he assembled
Genesis 15:3
Abram continued, “Look, You have given me no offspring, so a slave born in
Genesis 17:12-13
Throughout your generations, every male among you at eight days old is to be circumcised.
1 Kings 4:23
10 fattened oxen, 20 range oxen, and 100 sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and pen-fed poultry,
1 Kings 9:20-22
As for all the peoples who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites—
2 Kings 3:4
King Mesha of Moab
1 Chronicles 27:29-31
Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.
2 Chronicles 26:10
Since he had many cattle both in the Judean foothills
2 Chronicles 32:27-29
Hezekiah had abundant riches and glory, and he made himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and every desirable item.
Ezra 2:58
All the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon’s servants 392.
Nehemiah 7:57
The descendants of Solomon’s servants
Perida’s descendants,
Job 1:3
His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.