Ecclesiastes 2:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

I gathered for myself silver and gold and the special treasures of kings and of the provinces. I acquired male and female singers, the delights of the sons of men, and various kinds of musical instruments.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the puliar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I haue gathered vnto me also siluer and gold, and the chiefe treasures of Kings & prouinces: I haue prouided me men singers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, & women taken captiues.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I gathered together siluer and golde, and the chiefe treasures of kynges and landes: I haue prouided me men singgers and women singers, and the delites of the sonnes of men, as a woman taken captiue, and women taken captiues.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man -- a wife and wives.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I gathered me also silver and gold, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces; I gat me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I also gathered silver and gold for myself, and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men--musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight– a harem of beautiful concubines!

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great quantity of spices, and precious stones: no more such abundance of spices came as those which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
  • 2 Sam 19:35 : 35 I am this day eighty years old; and can I distinguish between good and evil? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king?
  • 1 Kgs 9:28 : 28 And they came to Ophir, and brought from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 10:14 : 14 Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred sixty-six talents of gold,
  • 1 Kgs 10:21 : 21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; none were of silver: it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon.
  • 1 Kgs 14:21-22 : 21 And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD chose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess. 22 And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they committed, more than all that their fathers had done.
  • 1 Kgs 14:27 : 27 And king Rehoboam made in their place bronze shields, and committed them to the hands of the chiefs of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
  • 1 Chr 25:1 : 1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was:
  • 1 Chr 25:6 : 6 All these were under the direction of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
  • 2 Chr 9:11 : 11 The king made from the algum wood terraces for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and harps and lyres for singers; such things had never been seen before in the land of Judah.
  • 2 Chr 9:15-21 : 15 King Solomon made two hundred large shields of beaten gold; six hundred shekels of beaten gold went into each shield. 16 He made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three hundred shekels of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. 17 The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. 18 The throne had six steps and a footstool of gold, which were attached to the throne, with armrests on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the armrests. 19 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps. Nothing like this had been made in any other kingdom. 20 All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not regarded as anything in the days of Solomon. 21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram, and every three years the ships of Tarshish brought gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
  • Ezra 2:65 : 65 Besides their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty-seven; and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
  • Job 21:11-12 : 11 They send out their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. 12 They sing to the tambourine and harp, and rejoice to the sound of the flute.
  • Ps 150:3-5 : 3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the lute and harp. 4 Praise him with the tambourine and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and flutes. 5 Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals.
  • Dan 3:5 : 5 That at the time you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you shall fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.
  • Dan 3:7 : 7 Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
  • Dan 3:15 : 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, harp, lyre, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image which I have made, well; but if you do not worship, you shall be cast immediately into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God who shall deliver you out of my hands?
  • Amos 6:5 : 5 Who sing to the sound of the harp, and invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
  • 1 Kgs 9:14 : 14 And Hiram sent to the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold.

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