The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 2:6

In 11 translations

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;
LSV: I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
YLT: I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
DBY: I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood, where the trees are reared.
DRC: And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
GNV: I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.
JPS: I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the wood springing up with trees;
LXXE: I made me pools of water, to water from them the timber-bearing wood.

WLC: עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים׃
LXX-Br: Ἐποίησά μοι κολυμβήθρας ὑδάτων τοῦ ποτίσαι ἀπʼ αὐτῶν δρυμὸν βλαστῶντα ξύλα.

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Nehemiah 2:14Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to get through;
Song of Songs 7:4Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
Jeremiah 17:8He 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 worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to…
Psalms 1:3He 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.

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