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Selected Verse: Ecclesiates 2:6 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ec 2:6 |
King James |
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
pools--artificial, for irrigating the soil (Gen 2:10; Neh 2:14; Isa 1:30). Three such reservoirs are still found, called Solomon's cisterns, a mile and a half from Jerusalem.
wood that bringeth forth--rather, "the grove that flourisheth with trees" [LOWTH]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Pools - A short distance south of Bethlehem, in a valley in the defile of Urtas, three "Pools of Solomon" are still shown and an adjoining hill still bears the name of the "Little Paradise." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The wood - The nurseries of young trees, which for the multitude of them were like a wood or forest. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Pools of waters - Tanks and reservoirs.
To water therewith the wood - Aqueducts to lead the water from the tanks to different parts. |
30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
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.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.