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Ecclesiastes 2:5
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I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them.
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
I made gardens and parks, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
I made gardens and orchards for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
I made myself gardens and parks and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.
and made myself gardens and parks; in them I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
I planted gardens, and I made parks. I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them trees of all kinds of fruit;
I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;
I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted all sorts of fruit trees in them.
I made gardens and parks for myself; and I planted trees in them of every fruit;
I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes.
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
I made mee gardens & orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinde of fruits.
I made me orchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner of fruites.
I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:
and Y settide tho with the trees of al kynde;
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.
I made gardens and beautiful places for myself, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
I made me gardens, and parks, - I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit;
I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
me: Song of Solomon 4:12-16, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 6:2, Jeremiah 39:4
I planted: Genesis 2:8, Genesis 2:9, Luke 17:27-29
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 7:1 - thirteen years 1 Kings 21:2 - a garden of herbs Song of Solomon 4:13 - are
Cross-References
And out of the earth the Lord made every tree to come, delighting the eye and good for food; and in the middle of the garden, the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.
And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.
No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.
Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:
He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
He makes the mists go up from the ends of the earth; he makes thunder-flames for the rain; he sends out the winds from his store-houses.
Are any of the false gods of the nations able to make rain come? are the heavens able to give showers? are you not he, O Lord our God? so we will go on waiting for you, for you have done all these things.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I made me gardens and orchards,.... Of the king's garden, we read Jeremiah 39:4. Adrichomius b makes mention of a royal garden in the suburbs of Jerusalem, fenced with walls; and was a paradise of fruit trees, herbs, spices, and flowers; abounded with all kind of fruit, exceeding pleasant and delightful to the senses: and, as Solomon was so great a botanist, and knew the nature and use of all kinds of trees and herbs, 1 Kings 4:33; no doubt but he has a herbal garden, well stocked with everything of that kind, curious and useful; see 1 Kings 21:2. Gardens are made for pleasure as well as profit; Adam, as soon as created, was put into a garden, to add to his natural pleasure and felicity, as well as for his employment, Genesis 2:8; and the pleasure of walking in a garden, and partaking of the fruits of it, are alluded to by Solomon, Song of Solomon 4:12;
and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits; which, as before observed, he had thorough knowledge of, and many of which were brought him from foreign parts; and all served to make his gardens, orchards, parks, forests, and enclosures, very pleasant and delectable. The Targum adds,
"some for food, others for drink, and others for medicine.''
b Theatrum Terrae Sanctae, p. 170.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Orchards - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or pleasure-grounds (compare Nehemiah 2:8 note). Indications of at least three of these have been pointed out; one at Jerusalem near the pool of Siloam, called “the king’s garden” Nehemiah 3:15; Jeremiah 52:7; a second near Bethlehem (compare Ecclesiastes 2:6); and a third in the remote north, on the heights of Hermon Song of Solomon 4:8; Song of Solomon 8:11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Ecclesiastes 2:5. I made me gardens and orchards — פרדסים pardesim, "paradises." I doubt much whether this be an original Hebrew word. [Arabic] ferdoos, is found in the Persian and Arabic; and signifies a pleasant garden, a vineyard. Hence our word paradise, a place full of delights. How well Solomon was qualified to form gardens, orchards, vineyards, conservatories, c., may be at once conceived when we recollect his knowledge of natural history and that he wrote treatises on vegetables and their properties, from the cedar to the hyssop.
