Ecclesiastes 2:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁶ I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ I made for myself pools of water from which to water the forest and make the trees bud.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

⁶ I made reservoirs for myself to water my lush groves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And I dug out fishponds of water, so that I might irrigate the forest of growing trees.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Ecclesiastes 2:6 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:14

Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no place for the animal I was riding to continue.

Nehemiah 2:8

and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, directing him to give me timber to make beams for the gates of the temple fortress and for the wall of the city and for the house that I shall occupy.” And the king granted me what I asked, for the gracious hand of my God was upon me.

Nehemiah 3:15

And Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate; he rebuilt it and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and he built the wall of the Pool of Shelah of the King’s Garden, as far as the stairs that go down from the city of David.

Nehemiah 3:16

After him Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired from a point opposite the graves of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors.

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

Song of Solomon 7:4

Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like a tower of Lebanon, overlooking Damascus.

Jeremiah 17:8

They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.