A moment in scripture
Ecclesiastes 2:4
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I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
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The surrounding passage
- Ecclesiastes 2:2
I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
- Ecclesiastes 2:3
I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
- Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
- Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.