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Ecclesiastes 2:9
New English Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:9
New English Translation
9 So[a] I was far wealthier[b] than all my predecessors in Jerusalem,
yet I maintained my objectivity.[c]
Footnotes
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 tn The vav prefixed to וְגָדַלְתִּי (vegadalti, vav plus Qal perfect first common singular from גָּדַל, gadal, “to be great; to increase”) functions in a final summarizing sense, that is, it introduces the concluding summary of 2:4-9.
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 tn Heb “I became great and I surpassed” (וְהוֹסַפְתִּי וְגָדַלְתִּי, vegadalti vehosafti). This is a verbal hendiadys in which the second verb functions adverbially, modifying the first: “I became far greater.” Most translations miss the hendiadys and render the line in a woodenly literal sense (KJV, ASV, RSV, NEB, NRSV, NAB, NASB, MLB, Moffatt), while only a few recognize the presence of hendiadys here: “I became greater by far” (NIV) and “I gained more” (NJPS).
- Ecclesiastes 2:9 tn Heb “yet my wisdom stood for me,” meaning he retained his wise perspective despite his great wealth.
Ecclesiastes 2:9
New International Version
Ecclesiastes 2:9
New International Version
9 I became greater by far than anyone in Jerusalem(A) before me.(B) In all this my wisdom stayed with me.
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