Ecclesiastes 2:6 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:6

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Ambrose of Milan

On Isaac and the Soul (397)

With reference to the natural sense, you find it said in Ecclesiastes, "I made for myself pools of water to water from them a flourishing woodland." And do not be concerned that he said "pools" instead of "a well," because Moses said "the Well of Room-enough." For the man who has transcended this world with a pious mind is freed of all care and anxieties. There Ecclesiastes says "pools" with reason, for he sees that there is no abundance under the sun, but if anyone wishes to abound, let him abound in Christ.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Pools of waters - Tanks and reservoirs. To water therewith the wood - Aqueducts to lead the water from the tanks to different parts.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

1Co 12:2); or, one "allured" (2Pe 2:18, 19). yet acquainting . . . wisdom--literally, "and my heart (still) was behaving, or guiding itself," with wisdom [GESENIUS]. MAURER translates: "was weary of (worldly) wisdom." But the end of Ec 2:9 confirms English Version. folly--namely, pleasures of the flesh, termed "mad," Ec 2:2. all the days, &c.--(See Margin and Ec 6:12;

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָשִׂ֥יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I made	H6213 →
לִ֖י	li	for <the> myself
בְּרֵכ֣וֹת	be.re.Khot	pools of	H1295 →
מָ֑יִם	Ma.yim	water	H4325 →
לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת	le.hash.Kot	to water	H8248 →
מֵהֶ֔ם	me.Hem	from <the> them
יַ֖עַר	Ya.'ar	a forest	H3293 →
צוֹמֵ֥חַ	tzo.Me.ach	sprouting of	H6779 →
עֵצִֽים׃	'e.Tzim	trees	H6086 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 1:3
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.
leads to
- Jeremiah 17:8
  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…
- Ezekiel 47:12
  Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 92:14
  In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain,
- John 15:6
  If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.
- Ezekiel 19:10
  Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.
Through
Jeremiah 17:8
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…
leads to
- Psalms 1:3
  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.
- Isaiah 58:11
  The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Ezekiel 31:4–10
  The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

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06About Ecclesiastes

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Ecclesiastes