Devine Scripture

Ecclesiastes 2:6

Ecclesiastes chapter 2 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

v.6This passage

v.7I bought men-servants and maid-servants, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all that were before me in Jerusalem;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Nehemiah 2:14

    Then I went on to the fountain gate and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.

  • Song of Solomon 7:4

    Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes as the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

  • Psalms 1:3

    And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, That bringeth forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also doth not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

  • Jeremiah 17:8

    For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, that spreadeth out its roots by the river, and shall not fear when heat cometh, but its leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.