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Ecclesiastes 2:5
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I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
I made gardens and parks, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
I made gardens and orchards for myself 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.
and Y settide tho with the trees of al kynde;
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:
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.
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
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 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 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 haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
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 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 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 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 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 for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes.
I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
I made for myself gardens and parks, 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
The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.)
The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.
(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there).
So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth."
he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields;
He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground,
He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses.
Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this."
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.
