Ecc 2:9-10 | NETfull | STEP | So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity:

Ecclesiastes 2:9-10

9 So ^{▼▼ The vav prefixed to וְגָדַלְתִּי (v^egadalti, vav + 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.} I was far wealthier ^{▼▼ Heb “I became great and I surpassed” (וְהוֹסַפְתִּי וְגָדַלְתִּי, v^egadalti v^ehosafti). 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).} than all my predecessors in Jerusalem,
yet I maintained my objectivity: ^{▼▼ Heb “yet my wisdom stood for me,” meaning he retained his wise perspective despite his great wealth.}
10 I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; ^{▼▼ Heb “all which my eyes asked for, I did not withhold from them.”}
I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. ^{▼▼ Heb “I did not refuse my heart any pleasure.” The term לִבִּי (libbi, “my heart”) is a synecdoche of part (i.e., heart) for the whole (i.e., whole person); see E. W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech, 648. The term is repeated twice in 2:10 for emphasis.}
So all my accomplishments gave me joy; ^{▼▼ Heb “So my heart was joyful from all my toil.”}
this was my reward for all my effort. ^{▼▼ Heb “and this was my portion from all my toil.”}