6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.


In Context

3 I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;

5 I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

6 I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.

7 I acquired servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that had been in Jerusalem before me.

8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces; I got me men-singers and women-singers, and the delights of the children of men, a wife and concubines.

Ecclesiastes 2:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me pools of water, to water with them the wood that bringeth forth trees:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that brings forth trees: