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Ecclesiastes 2:6 KJV
Ecclesiastes · chapter 2 · verse 6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:Ecclesiastes 2:6 · King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:6 in context
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- poolsbᵉrêkâha reservoirH1295 →
- watermayimwaterH4325 →
- watershâqâhto quaffH8248 →
- forthtsâmachto sproutH6779 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- woodyaʻara copse of bushesH3293 →
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Solomon here, in pursuit of the summum bonum - the felicity of man, adjourns out of his study, his library, his elaboratory, his council-chamber, where he had in vain sought for it, into the park and the playhouse, his garden and his summer-house;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11