Ecclesiastes 2:6
And I dug out fishponds of water, so that I might irrigate the forest of growing trees.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
In Context
5I made gardens and orchards. And I planted them with trees of every kind.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:14And I continued on to the gate of the fountain, and to the aqueduct of the king. And there was no room for the beast on which I was sitting to pass through.
Song of Solomon 7:4Your two breasts are like two young twin does.
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 →