The Meaning of Ecclesiastes 2:6 Explained

Ecclesiastes 2:6

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

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

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

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

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Ecclesiastes 2:6?

MEANING: What does Ecclesiastes 2:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 2:6 mean?

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What is the context of Ecclesiastes 2:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Ecclesiastes 2:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 - 24-26, Vain Undertakings

At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. There were gardens, pools of crystal water, fruit trees, meadows filled with cattle, regal splendor, musicians who poured into the palace their sweet melodies. He went further, adding to architecture and art his intellectual pursuits. But when he had gone to the furthest limit, he turned from it all, with the old gnawing at his heart-Vanity of vanities!

A few days before the death of the great Cardinal Mazarin, he was heard by a friend to utter something of the same sad refrain. "I was walking," says this friend, "in one of the apartments of the palace, when I recognized the approach of the Cardinal by the sound of his slippered feet, which he dragged one after the other as a man suffering from a mortal malady. I concealed myself behind the tapestry and heard him say, as he looked at one picture and rare treasure after another, "˜I must leave all these.'" Let us, in the light of these things, ponder again those words of Christ in Luke 12:33. [source]

Chapter Summary: Ecclesiastes 2

¹ the vanity of human courses is the work of pleasure
¹² Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both have one event
¹⁸ The vanity of human labor, in leaving it they know not to whom
²⁴ Nothing better than joy in our labor but that is God's gift

What do the individual words in Ecclesiastes 2:6 mean?

I made myself pools water to water from which the grove growing the trees of

עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים

עָשִׂ֥יתִי	I made
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular Root: עָשָׂה Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לִ֖י	myself
Parse: Preposition, first person common singular
בְּרֵכ֣וֹת	pools
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct Root: בְּרֵכָה Sense: pool, pond.
מָ֑יִם	water
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: מַיִם Sense: water, waters.
לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת	to water
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct Root: שָׁקָה Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
מֵהֶ֔ם	from which
Parse: Preposition-m, Pronoun, third person masculine plural Root: הֵם Sense: they, these, the same, who.
יַ֖עַר	the grove
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: יַעַר Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.
צוֹמֵ֥חַ	growing
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct Root: צָמַח Sense: to sprout, spring up, grow up.
עֵצִֽים	the trees of
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: עֵץ Sense: tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows.

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