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Green's Literal Translation
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 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 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 ground Jehovah God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food. The Tree of Life was also in the middle of the garden; also the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The name of the first was Pishon; it is the one surrounding all the land of Havilah where gold is ;
the gold of that land is good; there is bdellium gum resin, and the onyx stone.
Jehovah God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground out of which he was taken.
And she continued to bear his brother, Abel. And Abel became a shepherd of flocks. And Cain became a tiller of the ground.
When you till the ground, it will not again give its strength to you. You shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth.
giving rain on the face of the earth and sending water on the face of the field;
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for the service of man, to bring food out of the earth.
He causes the vapors to rise from the end of the earth; He makes lightnings for the rain; He brings the wind out of His storehouses;
Among the vanities of the nations are there any who make rain fall? Or can the heavens give showers? Is it not You, O Jehovah our God? Then we will wait for You; for You do 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.
