the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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Brenton's Septuagint
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 myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
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 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 God made to spring up also out of the earth every tree beautiful to the eye and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of learning the knowledge of good and evil.
The name of the one, Phisom, this it is which encircles the whole land of Evilat, where there is gold.
And the gold of that land is good, there also is carbuncle and emerald.
And God said, Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil, and now lest at any time he stretch forth his hand, and take of the tree of life and eat, and so he shall live forever—
And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.
who gives rain upon the earth, sending water on the earth:
He makes grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men, to bring bread out of the earth;
Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures.
Is there any one among the idols of the Gentiles that can give rain? and will the sky yield his fulness at their bidding? Art not thou he? we will even wait on thee, O Lord: for thou hast made 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.
