Ecclesiastes 2:7 “I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my…”

Ecclesiastes 2:7

I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:

World English Bible

I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem.

American Standard Version

I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue gotten seruants and maides, and had children borne in the house: also I had great possession of beeues and sheepe aboue all that were before me in Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

Young's Literal Translation

I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

Bible in Basic English

I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

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Cross references

“servants”

1 Kings 9:20–22 Ezra 2:58 Nehemiah 7:57

1 Kings 9:20–22 · BSB

As for all the people who remained of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites (the people who were not Israelites)—

Ezra 2:58 · BSB

The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

Nehemiah 7:57 · BSB

The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,

“and had”

Genesis 17:12 Genesis 17:13

Genesis 17:12 · BSB

Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

Genesis 17:13 · BSB

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

“also”

Genesis 13:2 2 Kings 3:4 1 Chronicles 27:29–31 2 Chronicles 26:10 2 Chronicles 32:27–29 Job 1:3

Genesis 13:2 · BSB

And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

2 Kings 3:4 · BSB

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he would render to the king of Israel a hundred thousand lambs and the wool of a hundred thousand rams.

1 Chronicles 27:29–31 · BSB

Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the herds grazing in Sharon. Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the herds in the valleys.

2 Chronicles 26:10 · BSB

Since he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain, he built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns. And since he was a lover of the soil, he had farmers and vinedressers in the hill country and in the fer…

2 Chronicles 32:27–29 · BSB

Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

Job 1:3 · BSB

and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.

Also

1 Kings 4:23 Genesis 15:3 Genesis 14:14

1 Kings 4:23 · BSB

ten fat oxen, twenty range oxen, and a hundred sheep, as well as deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened poultry.

Genesis 15:3 · BSB

Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

Genesis 14:14 · BSB

And when Abram heard that his relative had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men born in his household, and they set out in pursuit as far as Dan.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.

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