KJV King James Version
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
WEB World English Bible
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
ASV American Standard Version
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Surrounding context — Ecclesiastes 2
2 I said of laughter, [It is] mad: and of mirth, What doeth it?
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what [was] that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got [me] servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, [as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
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Genesis 2:8-9And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.Jeremiah 39:4And 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.Luke 17:27-29They 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.Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed [is] my sister, [my] spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
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