Ecclesiastes 2 · Verse 5

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Ecclesiastes 2:5, King James Version

Ecclesiastes 2:5 in other translations

BSBI made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
WEBI made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
ASVI made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
YLTI made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
DARBYI made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
BBEI made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
WebsterI made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

What does Ecclesiastes 2:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ecclesiastes 2:3-11

3-11. Illustration more at large of Ec 2:1, 2. I sought--I resolved, after search into many plans. give myself unto wine--literally, "to draw my flesh," or "body to wine" (including all banquetings). Image from a captive drawn after a chariot in triumph (Ro 6:16, 19; 1Co 12:2); or, one "allured" (2Pe 2:18, 19). yet acquainting ... wisdom--literally, "and my heart (still) was behaving, or guiding itself," with wisdom…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 I made one gardens and orchards - פרדסים pardesim, "paradises." I doubt much whether this be an original Hebrew word. 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, etc., 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ecclesiastes 2:1-11

The vanity and vexation of mirth, sensual pleasure, riches, and pomp. (Eccl. 2:1-11) Human wisdom insufficient. (Eccl. 2:12-17) This world to be used according to the will of God. (Eccl. 2:18-26) Verses 1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one…

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Ecclesiastes 2:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עָשִׂ֣יתִי'a.Si.tiI madeH6213
לִ֔יLifor <the> myself
גַּנּ֖וֹתga.NotgardensH1593
וּפַרְדֵּסִ֑יםu.far.de.Simand parksH6508
וְנָטַ֥עְתִּיve.na.Ta'.tiand I plantedH5193
בָהֶ֖םva.Hemin <the> them
עֵ֥ץ'etztree[s] ofH6086
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
פֶּֽרִי\׃Pe.rifruitH6529

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Cross references for Ecclesiastes 2:5

  • 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.

  • 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. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.

  • Song of Solomon 4:12-5:1

    A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. …

  • Genesis 2:8-9

    And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
me.
So 4:12-16; 5:1; 6:2; Jer 39:4
I planted.
Ge 2:8,9; Lu 17:27-29

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Context

  • Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:

  • Ecclesiastes 2:5

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

  • Ecclesiastes 2:6

    I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

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Ecclesiastes 2:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Híceme huertos y jardines, y planté en ellos árboles de todos frutos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		je me suis fait des jardins et des parcs, et j’y ai planté des arbres à fruit de toute espèce;
German
Elberfelder 1871		ich machte mir Gärten und Parkanlagen, und pflanzte darin Bäume von allerlei Frucht;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		feci hortos et pomaria, et consevi ea cuncti generis arboribus;