Parallel Bible results for "ecclesiastes 2:9"

Ecclesiastes 2:9

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9 Oh, how I prospered! I left all my predecessors in Jerusalem far behind, left them behind in the dust. What's more, I kept a clear head through it all.
9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
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