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Literal Standard Version

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agriculture;   Botanical Gardens;   Epicureans;   Investigation;   Pleasure;   Solomon;   Vanity;   Wisdom;   Worldliness;   Thompson Chain Reference - Agriculture;   Agriculture-Horticulture;   Gardens;   Irrigation;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fruits;   Gardens;   Trees;   Vanity;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes;   Gardens;   Paradise;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Joy;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Paradise;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Forest;   Solomon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Bethlehem;   Ecclesiastes, the Book of;   Garden;   Paradise;   Solomon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ecclesiastes, Book of;   Garden;   Israel, History of;   Jewels, Jewelry;   Joy;   Orchard;   Paradise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ecclesiastes;   Forest;   Orchard;   Paradise;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Winter ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Paradise;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ecclesiastes, or the Preacher;   Forest;   Garden;   Irrigation;   Mad;   Orchard;   Paradise;   Park;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Demonology;   Horticulture;   Ḳohelet (Ecclesiastes) Rabbah;   Paradise;   Solomon;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 1;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them.
Hebrew Names Version
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
King James Version
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
English Standard Version
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
New American Standard Bible
I made gardens and parks for myself, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
New Century Version
I made gardens and parks, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
Amplified Bible
I made gardens and orchards for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
World English Bible
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
Legacy Standard Bible
I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
Berean Standard Bible
I made myself gardens and parks and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
Contemporary English Version
I had flower gardens and orchards full of fruit trees.
Complete Jewish Bible
and made myself gardens and parks; in them I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
Darby Translation
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
Easy-to-Read Version
I planted gardens, and I made parks. I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
George Lamsa Translation
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them trees of all kinds of fruit;
Good News Translation
I planted gardens and orchards, with all kinds of fruit trees in them;
Lexham English Bible
I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted all sorts of fruit trees in them.
Literal Translation
I made gardens and parks for myself; and I planted trees in them of every fruit;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner frutes.
American Standard Version
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
Bible in Basic English
I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
King James Version (1611)
I made mee gardens & orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinde of fruits.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I made me orchardes and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all maner of fruites.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.
English Revised Version
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y settide tho with the trees of al kynde;
Update Bible Version
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
Webster's Bible Translation
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
New English Translation
I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
New King James Version
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
New Living Translation
I made gardens and parks, filling them with all kinds of fruit trees.
New Life Bible
I made gardens and beautiful places for myself, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
New Revised Standard
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I made me gardens, and parks, - I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
Revised Standard Version
I made myself gardens and parks, and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.
Young's Literal Translation
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

Contextual Overview

1I said in my heart, "Pray, come, I try you with mirth, and look on gladness"; and behold, even it [is] vanity. 2Of laughter I said, "Foolish!" And of mirth, "What [is] this it is doing?" 3I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly until I see where this [is]—the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives. 4I made great my works, I built for myself houses, I planted for myself vineyards. 5I made for myself gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.6I made for myself pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees. 7I acquired menservants, and maidservants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem. 8I also gathered for myself silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces. I prepared for myself men-singers and women-singers, and the luxuries of the sons of man—a wife and wives. 9And I became great, and increased above everyone who had been before me in Jerusalem; also, my wisdom stood with me. 10And all that my eyes asked I did not keep back from them; I did not withhold my heart from any joy, for my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this has been my portion, from all my labor,

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

Genesis 2:9
and YHWH God causes to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the Tree of Life in the midst of the garden, and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 2:11
the name of the first [is] Pison, it [is] that which is surrounding the whole land of Havilah where the gold [is],
Genesis 2:12
and the gold of that land [is] good; the bdellium and the shoham stone [are] there;
Genesis 3:23
YHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;
Genesis 4:2
and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.
Genesis 4:12
when you till the ground, it will not add to give its strength to you—a wanderer, even a trembling one, you are in the earth."
Job 5:10
Who is giving rain on the face of the land, || And is sending waters on the out-places.
Psalms 104:14
Causing grass to spring up for livestock, || And herb for the service of man, || To bring forth bread from the earth,
Psalms 135:7
Causing vapors to ascend from the end of the earth, || He has made lightnings for the rain, || Bringing forth wind from His treasures.
Jeremiah 14:22
Are there any among the vanities of the nations causing rain? And do the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O our God YHWH? And we wait for you, for You have done all these!

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.


 
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