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Ecclesiastes 2:6

Money and wealth

4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

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

7 I 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:

8 I 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.

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BSB
I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.
KJV
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
WEB
I made myself pools of water, to water the forest where trees were grown.
ASV
I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
DARBY
I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
BLB
I made for myself pools of water, to cause to drink from them a grove of sprouting trees.
ÅB
jeg gjorde meg vanndammer til å vanne en skog av oppvoksende trær.
OTB
Jeg bygde reservoarer for å vanne lunder av frodige trær.
B1930
jeg gjorde mig vanndammer til å vanne en skog av opvoksende trær.

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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