Ecclesiastes 2:5

Translations

Modern

I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

Traditional

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

Literal

I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted in them a tree of every fruit.

Latin

…feci hortos et pomaria, et consevi ea cuncti generis arboribus;

Original

Hebrew

English

I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

Notes

Ecclesiastes 2:4–8

Solomon built both small structures like porches and gates and large ones like entire cities (see 1 Kings 9:15–19). He mainly built these projects for his own enjoyment, including the palace and its related buildings (see 1 Kings 7:1–12).

Ecclesiastes 2:1–11

The Teacher says seeking pleasure for its own sake is empty. Even great achievements are like smoke.

Ecclesiastes 1:12–2:26

The Teacher examines how wisdom, work, and pleasure relate to each other.

Related verses

Jeremiah 39:4
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Luke 17:27–29
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Song of Solomon 4:12–5:1
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
Genesis 2:8–9
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.

Glossary

Book of Ecclesiastes Futility Paradise Pools of Solomon

Topics

Agriculture: Practiced by Solomon Botanical Gardens: (Park, Probably) Epicureans: Doctrines Propagated By, Familiar to Solomon Fruits: The Produce of Trees Gardens: Kinds of, Mentioned in Scripture: Fruit Trees Investigation: General Scriptures Concerning Pleasure: Worldly Solomon: Plants Vineyards and Orchards of all Kinds of Fruit Trees; Makes Pools Trees: Different Kinds of Mentioned: Bearing Fruit Vanity: Worldly Possessions Are Wisdom: Worldly Worldliness: General Scriptures Concerning

Ecclesiastes 2:5

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