Ecclesiastes 2:7
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — The New International Version (NIV)
7 I bought male and female slaves and had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — English Standard Version (ESV)
7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house. I had also great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
7 I bought slaves, both men and women, and others were born into my household. I also owned large herds and flocks, more than any of the kings who had lived in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
7 I acquired male and female servants, and had servants born in my house. Yes, I had greater possessions of herds and flocks than all who were in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — New Century Version (NCV)
7 I bought male and female slaves, and slaves were also born in my house. I had large herds and flocks, more than anyone in Jerusalem had ever had before.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
7 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;
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
7 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.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
7 I bought male and female slaves.
In addition, slaves were born in my household.
I owned more herds and flocks
than anyone in Jerusalem before me.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
7 I acquired male and female servants and had slaves who were born in my house. I also owned many herds of cattle and flocks, more than all who were before me in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
7 I bought male and female slaves, and had slaves who were born in my house; I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
7 I acquired male slaves and female slaves, as well as children born in my house. I also had livestock, cattle, and flocks more than anyone who was before me in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
7 I bought male and female slaves. And I had other slaves who were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem ever had before.
Ecclesiastes 2:7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
7 I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem.