Ecclesiastes 2:6 KJV — MannaFest

Ecclesiastes 2:6

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

YLT

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

DBT

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

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Ecclesiastes — Qohelet the Preacher — ''vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'' The book's relentless examination of life under the sun, resolving not in despair but in ''fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.''

Author: Traditional: Solomon (''son of David, king in Jerusalem''). Critical: a later Qohelet figure writing in Solomonic persona. §7.9 surfaces; Pastor Marc's drawer carries the position.
Date: Solomonic reading: c. 940 BC. Critical reading: Persian or early Hellenistic period (5th–3rd century BC).

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5 verses on the floor

Nehemiah 2:14
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, 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 as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Song of Solomon 4:15
A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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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;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

); he not only planted, but watered, and then left it to God to give the increase. Springs of water are great blessings ( Josh. xv. 19 ); but where nature has provided them art must direct them, to make them serviceable, Prov. xxi.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

pools--artificial, for irrigating the soil (Ge 2:10; Three such reservoirs are still found, called Solomon's cisterns, a mile and a half from Jerusalem. wood that bringeth forth--rather, "the grove that flourisheth with trees" [LOWTH].

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

ECC 2:6PSA 1:3 JER 17:8
ECC 2:6PSA 1:3 EZE 47:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
ECC 2:6PSA 1:3 PSA 92:14
ECC 2:6PSA 1:3 JHN 15:6
ECC 2:6JER 17:8 PSA 1:3
ECC 2:6PSA 1:3 EZE 19:10
ECC 2:6JER 17:8 ISA 58:11
ECC 2:6JER 17:8 EZE 31:4-10

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