Ecclesiastes 2:6

I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

Literal Standard 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 for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

7I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.

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Cross References

Nehemiah 2:14And I pass over to the Fountain Gate, and to the King’s Pool, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,

Song of Solomon 7:4Your neck as a tower of the ivory, || Your eyes pools in Heshbon, near the Gate of Bath-Rabbim, || Your face as a tower of Lebanon looking to 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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