Ecclesiastes 2:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.”
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 1:12 to Ecclesiastes 2:26 . Qoheleth's Investigations. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom ( Eccle...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

wood . forest.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Pools of waters - Tanks and reservoirs. To water therewith the wood - Aqueducts to lead the water from the tanks to d...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

To water therewith the wood, &c.— To water therewith the nursery of young trees. Desvoeux. Hebrew, the forest-budding trees.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do un...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Epicureanism and Wisdom alike Profitless 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit.
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Pools. — In a place south of Bethlehem are still pointed out three gigantic reservoirs, known as the Pools of Solomon (Stanley’s Jewish Church, 2:197). The place is probably the same as that call...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ; Ecclesiastes 2:1-26 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

24-26, Vain Undertakings Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. T...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I made me pools of water ,.... For cascades and water works to play in, as well as to keep and produce fish of all kinds: mention is made of the king's pools, Nehemiah 2:14 ; the fish pools at Hesh...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: Ver. 6. To water therewith the wood, ] i.e., The gardens or hort yards, that were as large as little woods. Chri...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I made me great works Magnificent works, for my honour and delight. I builded me houses Of which see 1 Kings 7:1 , &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song of Solomon 8:11 . I made me gardens Hebrew, pa...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure:...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I made me pools of water, because the rain there fell but seldom. The wood that bringeth forth trees; the nurseries of young trees newly planted in the orchards, which for the multitude of them w...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 2 The Search for Pleasure. Experimenting With Good Things ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 ). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleas...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Ecclesiastes 2:3 . I sought in mine heart.] The word has the meaning not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral experiment. Ecclesiastes 2:8 . The p...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:1 . Enjoy pleasure. The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18 . Ecclesiastes 2:2 . I said of laughter, of all forced and frantic joy, it is mad...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth. The threefold view of human life Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life ( Ecclesiastes 2:1-11...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ecclesiastes 2:1-21 Section 2. Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth. Ecclesiastes 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a...
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's own Example
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 17:8 ; Nehemiah 2:14 ; Psalms 1:3 ; Song of Solomon 7:4
Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The wood — The nurseries of young trees, which for the multitude of them were like a wood or forest.

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes