Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens, and parks,—I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 enlarged my works,—I built me houses, I planted me vineyards;
6I made me pools of water,—to irrigate therefrom the thick-set saplings growing up into trees:
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden barred, is my sister, bride,—a spring barred, a fountain sealed:
Jeremiah 39:4And it came to pass as soon as Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, that they fled, and went forth by night out of the city, by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls,—and he went forth by way of the waste 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 →