Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes 2:6 in other translations
| BSB | I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees. |
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| WEB | I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown. |
| ASV | I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared; |
| YLT | I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees. |
| DARBY | I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared. |
| BBE | I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees. |
| Webster | I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees: |
What does Ecclesiastes 2:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 2:3-11
3-11. Illustration more at large of Ec 2:1, 2. I sought--I resolved, after search into many plans. give myself unto wine--literally, "to draw my flesh," or "body to wine" (including all banquetings). Image from a captive drawn after a chariot in triumph (Ro 6:16, 19; 1Co 12:2); or, one "allured" (2Pe 2:18, 19). yet acquainting ... wisdom--literally, "and my heart (still) was behaving, or guiding itself," with wisdom…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:1-11
The vanity and vexation of mirth, sensual pleasure, riches, and pomp. (Eccl. 2:1-11) Human wisdom insufficient. (Eccl. 2:12-17) This world to be used according to the will of God. (Eccl. 2:18-26) Verses 1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one…
Ecclesiastes 2:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 2:6
- Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
- Song of Solomon 7:4
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
- Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
- Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
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Context
- Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
- Ecclesiastes 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
- Ecclesiastes 2:7
I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
Ecclesiastes 2:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Híceme estanques de aguas, para regar de ellos el bosque donde los árboles crecían. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | je me suis fait des réservoirs d’eau pour en arroser la forêt où poussent les arbres. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | ich machte mir Wasserteiche, um daraus den mit Bäumen sprossenden Wald zu bewässern. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et exstruxi mihi piscinas aquarum, ut irrigarem silvam lignorum germinantium. |