Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
New Heart English 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 myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
6I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A locked up garden is my sister, my bride;a locked up spring,a sealed fountain.
Jeremiah 39:4It happened that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then 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 he went out toward the Arabah.
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 →