Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
In Context
4I made me great works, I built me houses, and planted vineyards,
6And I made me ponds of water, to water therewith the wood of the young trees,
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.
Jeremiah 39:4And when Sedecias the king of Juda and all the men of war saw them, they fled: and they went forth in the night out of the city by the way of the king's garden, and by the gate that was between the two walls, and they went; out to the way of the desert.
Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 2:2-12
Vanity of Worldly Pleasure. 1 I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. 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… Read the whole commentary →