Compare Translations for Ecclesiastes 2:9

9 Thus, I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom also remained with me.

9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

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 Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me.

9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem before me. In all this my wisdom stayed with me.

9 So I became great and excelled more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I became greater than all who had lived in Jerusalem before me, and my wisdom never failed me.

9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

9 And I became great; increasing more than all who had been before me in Jerusalem, and my wisdom was still with me.

9 So I became far greater than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. Moreover, my wisdom stood by me.

9 So I became far greater than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. Moreover, my wisdom stood by me.

9 So I grew great, surpassing all who preceded me in Yerushalayim; my wisdom, too, stayed with me.

9 And I became great, and increased more than all that had been before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

9 Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.

9 Yes, I was great, greater than anyone else who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and my wisdom never failed me.

9 So I grew richer than anyone in Jerusalem before me. Yet, my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Yerushalayim. My wisdom also remained with me.

9 So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem, and more than that, my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great , and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

9 Thus, {I accomplished far more} than anyone who [was] before me in Jerusalem--indeed, my wisdom stood by me.

9 So I became great, and advanced beyond all that were before in Jerusalem: also my wisdom was established to me.

9 I became very famous, even greater than anyone who had lived in Jerusalem before me. My wisdom helped me in all this.

9 I became far more important than anyone in Jerusalem had ever been before. And in spite of everything, I didn't lose my wisdom.

9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

9 And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me.

9 et supergressus sum opibus omnes qui fuerunt ante me in Hierusalem sapientia quoque perseveravit mecum

9 et supergressus sum opibus omnes qui fuerunt ante me in Hierusalem sapientia quoque perseveravit mecum

9 So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.

9 So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

9 and I passed in riches all men that were before me in Jerusalem. Also wisdom dwelled stably with me, (and I surpassed in wealth all those who came before me in Jerusalem. And wisdom dwelled steadfastly with me,)

9 And I became great, and increased above every one who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me.