Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Young's Literal Translation
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 my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.
6I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.
Cross References
Song of Solomon 4:12A garden shut up [is] my sister-spouse, A spring shut up — a fountain sealed.
Jeremiah 39:4And it cometh to pass, when Zedekiah king of Judah, and all the men of war, have seen them, that they flee and go forth by night from the city, the way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he goeth forth 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 →