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,
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:
Note servants born…: Heb. sons of my house
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.
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;
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- servants
- 1 Kings 9:20–22; Ezra 2:58; Nehemiah 7:57
- and had
- Genesis 17:12, 13
- servants born in my house
- Heb. sons of my house. 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; Job 42:12