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Ecclésiaste 2:9

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9 Je devins grand, plus grand que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem. Et même ma sagesse demeura avec moi.

Ecclésiaste 2:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:9

So I was great
Became famous for the great works wrought by him before mentioned; and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem;
the Targum adds, "in riches"; but it seems rather to respect his fame and glory among men; though in general it may include his increase of wealth, power, and honour, and everything that contributed to his external happiness; also my wisdom remained with me;
the Targum adds, "and it helped me"; which he exercised and showed in the government of his kingdom, in the conduct of his family, in his personal deportment and behaviour; amidst all his pleasures, he did not neglect the study of natural knowledge, nor give himself up to sordid and sinful lusts; and so was a better judge of pleasure, whether true happiness consisted in it or not.

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Ecclésiaste 2:9 In-Context

7 J'achetai des serviteurs et des servantes, et j'eus leurs enfants nés dans la maison; je possédai des troupeaux de boeufs et de brebis, plus que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem.
8 Je m'amassai de l'argent et de l'or, et les richesses des rois et des provinces. Je me procurai des chanteurs et des chanteuses, et les délices des fils de l'homme, des femmes en grand nombre.
9 Je devins grand, plus grand que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem. Et même ma sagesse demeura avec moi.
10 Tout ce que mes yeux avaient désiré, je ne les en ai point privés; je n'ai refusé à mon coeur aucune joie; car mon coeur prenait plaisir à tout mon travail, et c'est la part qui m'en est revenue.
11 Puis, j'ai considéré tous les ouvrages que mes mains avaient faits, et la peine que j'avais prise à les exécuter; et voici, tout est vanité et poursuite du vent, et il n'y a aucun avantage à tirer de ce qu'on fait sous le soleil.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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