Ecclesiastes 2:5
What does Ecclesiastes 2:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Ecclesiastes 2:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
KJV
King James Version · 1611I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 39:4
And it came to pass that, when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king’s garden, through the gate betwixt the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.
- Song of Solomon 4:12
A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
- Luke 17:27
They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
- Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Genesis 2:8
And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
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