Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted therein trees of all kinds of fruit;
Leeser Tanakh
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 great works: I built myself houses; I planted myself vineyards;
6I made myself pools of water, to water therewith the forest overgrown with trees;
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A locked-up garden is my sister, [my] bride; a locked-up spring, a sealed fountain.
Jeremiah 39:4And it came to pass when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, that they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate between the two walls: and he went out by the way of the plain.
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 →