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


In Context

3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this — the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

4 I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

5 I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

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

7 I got men-servants, and maid-servants, 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.

8 I gathered for me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for me men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man — a wife and wives.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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