5I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.


In Context

2 I said of laughter, |It is foolishness;| and of mirth, |What does it accomplish?|

3 I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

4 I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.

5 I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.

6 I made myself pools of water, to water from it the forest where trees were reared.

7 I bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;

Ecclesiastes 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made gardens and parks and planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: