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


In Context

2 Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'

3 I have sought in my heart to draw out with wine my appetite, (and my heart leading in wisdom), and to take hold on folly till that I see where is this — the good to the sons of man of that which they do under the heavens, the number of the days of their lives.

4 I made great my works, I builded for me houses, I planted for me vineyards.

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

6 I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

7 I got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance — herd and flock — above all who had been 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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