Ecclesiastes 2:5 “I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of frui…”

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

World English Bible

I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

American Standard Version

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.

Darby Translation

I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.

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Cross references

“me”

Song of Solomon 6:2 Jeremiah 39:4 Song of Solomon 4:12–16 Song of Solomon 5:1

Song of Solomon 6:2 · BSB

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Jeremiah 39:4 · BSB

When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.

Song of Solomon 4:12–16 · BSB

My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

Song of Solomon 5:1 · BSB

I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. The Friends Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O be…

“I planted”

Luke 17:27–29 Genesis 2:8 Genesis 2:9

Luke 17:27–29 · BSB

People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

Genesis 2:8 · BSB

And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

Genesis 2:9 · BSB

Out of the ground the LORD God gave growth to every tree that is pleasing to the eye and good for food. And in the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

6I built reservoirs to water my groves of flourishing trees.

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