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Ecclesiastes 2:6

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

KJV

et exstruxi mihi piscinas aquarum, ut irrigarem silvam lignorum germinantium.

Vulgate

ἐποίησά μοι κολυμβήθρας ὑδάτων τοῦ ποτίσαι ἀπ’ αὐτῶν δρυμὸν βλαστῶντα·

LXX

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

ASV

עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖/י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְ/הַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵ/הֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

בְּרֵכָ֣ה
brkh
noun · 17×
יְצַמַּ֥ח
ytsmch
verb · 33×
יַ֥עַר
y'r
noun · 58×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נִי
ny
verb · 61×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Neh 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.