Ecclesiastes 2:6 “I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.”

Ecclesiastes 2:6

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“pools”

Nehemiah 2:14 Song of Solomon 7:4

Nehemiah 2:14 · BSB

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;

Song of Solomon 7:4 · BSB

Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.

“to water”

Psalm 1:3 Jeremiah 17:8

Psalm 1:3 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

Jeremiah 17:8 · BSB

He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to prod…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

7I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,

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