New Revised Standard Version
So I became great and surpassed all who were before me in Jerusalem; also my wisdom remained with me.

Contemporary English Version
I was the most famous person who had ever lived in Jerusalem, and I was very wise.

New American Bible
I accumulated much more than all others before me in Jerusalem; my wisdom, too, stayed with me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

And I surpassed in riches all that were before me in Jerusalem: my wisdom also remained with me.

Ecclesiastes 1:16 I have spoken in my heart, saying: Behold I am become great, and have gone beyond all in wisdom, that were before me in Jerusalem: and my mind hath contemplated many things wisely, and I have learned.

1 Kings 3:12 Behold I have done for thee according to thy words, and have given thee a wise and understanding heart, in so much that there hath been no one like thee before thee, nor shall arise after thee.

1 Kings 10:7,23 Concerning thy words, and concerning thy wisdom. And I did not believe them that told me, till I came myself, and saw with my own eyes, and have found that the half hath not been told me: thy wisdom and thy works exceed the fame which I heard. . . .

1 Chronicles 29:25 And the Lord magnified Solomon over all Israel: and gave him the glory of a reign, such as no king of Israel had before him.

2 Chronicles 1:1 And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him to a high degree.

2 Chronicles 9:22,23 And Solomon was magnified above all the kings of the earth for riches and glory. . . .