Truyền Đạo 2:6
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Context
This verse from Truyền Đạo Chapter 2 connects to 4 cross-references. Qohelet reports his experiments in pleasure, building projects, vineyards, gardens, and acquiring wealth, finding that all was vanity and chasing after wind. He observes that the wise person dies just like the fool. Yet there is some good in toil, …
Bản dịch khác
I made me pools of water, to water therefrom the forest where trees were reared;
I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.
Tham chiếu chéo
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, …
Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: …
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his …
Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place …