Ecclesiastes 2:5
I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue made my great workes: I haue built me houses: I haue planted me vineyards.
6I haue made me cisternes of water, to water therewith the woods that growe with trees.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.
Jeremiah 39:4And when Zedekiah the King of Iudah saw them, and all the men of warre, then they fled, and went out of the citie by night, through the Kings garden, and by the gate betweene the two walles, and he went toward the wildernes.
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 →