Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens and parks, and planted in them fruit-trees of every kind.
Noyes Bible
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 builded me houses; I planted me vineyards.
6I made me pools of water, with which to water the grove shooting up trees.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed;
Jeremiah 39:4And when Zedekiah, the king of Judah, and all the men of war, saw them, they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls; and they went forth toward 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 →