Ecclesiastes 2:6

I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

In Context

5I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.

7I got men-servants and women-servants, and they gave birth to sons and daughters in my house. I had great wealth of herds and flocks, more than all who were in Jerusalem before me.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the door of the fountain and to the king's pool: but there was no room for my beast to get through.

Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the waters in Heshbon, by the doorway of Bath-rabbim; your nose is as the tower on Lebanon looking over Damascus:

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12

Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? 3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. 4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me… Read the whole commentary →

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