Ecclesiastes 2:5 · KJV
“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all {kind of} fruits:”
— Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
Ecclesiastes 2 — Context
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 under the heaven all the days of their life. {to give...: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine} {all...: Heb. the number of the days of their life}
4I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all {kind of} fruits:
6I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7I got {me} servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: {servants born...: Heb. sons of my house}
Cross References
Genesis 2:8-9
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Jeremiah 39:4
And it came to pass, {that} when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
Luke 17:27-29
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden inclosed {is} my sister, {my} spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. {inclosed: Heb. barred} {shut up: Heb. barred}
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