I also gathered for myself silver and (A)gold and the treasure of (B)kings and (C)provinces. I got (D)singers, both men and women, and many (E)concubines,[a] the delight of the sons of man.

So I became great and (F)surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my (G)wisdom remained with me. 10 And whatever my eyes desired I did not keep from them. I kept my heart from no pleasure, for my heart (H)found pleasure in all my toil, and this was my (I)reward for all my toil.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 2:8 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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