Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ecclesiastes 2:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 2:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ecclesiastes 2:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Ecclesiastes, this verse means that the person is telling about making big ponds to water and take care of trees. It's like saying they worked hard to make something beautiful and useful.

Ecclesiastes 2:6: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

Contradiction with Genesis 1:31

Describes creation as "very good," whereas Ecclesiastes 2:6 implies a sense of dissatisfaction with human efforts.

Genesis 1:31: And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, [it was] very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. [And the evening...: Heb. And the evening was, and the morning was etc.]

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:9

Highlights God’s thoughts and ways as higher than human’s, contradicting the earthly pursuits in Ecclesiastes 2:6.

Isaiah 55:9: For [as] the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19-20

Advises against storing earthly treasures, opposing the material accomplishments in Ecclesiastes 2:6.

Matthew 6:19-20: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Luke 12:15

Warns that life isn’t about material abundance, contradicting the focus on accomplishments in Ecclesiastes 2:6.

Luke 12:15: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
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