Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Compare All Versions
Ecclesiastes 2:4-8 MSG (The Message)
Oh, I did great things: built houses, planted vineyards, designed gardens and parks and planted a variety of fruit trees in them, made pools of water to irrigate the groves of trees. I bought slaves, male and female, who had children, giving me even more slaves; then I acquired large herds and flocks, larger than any before me in Jerusalem. I piled up silver and gold, loot from kings and kingdoms. I gathered a chorus of singers to entertain me with song, and—most exquisite of all pleasures— voluptuous maidens for my bed.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 KJV (King James Version)
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees
Ecclesiastes 2:6 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 NCV (New Century Version)
I made pools of water for myself and used them to water my growing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 ASV (American Standard Version)
I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared
Ecclesiastes 2:6 NIV (New International Version)
I made reservoirs to water groves of flourishing trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 NKJV (New King James Version)
I made myself water pools from which to water the growing trees of the grove.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 AMP (Amplified Bible)
I made pools of water for myself from which to water the forest and make the trees bud.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 NLT (New Living Translation)
I built reservoirs to collect the water to irrigate my many flourishing groves.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
I made myself pools from which to water the forest of growing trees.