Parallel Verses
NET Bible
I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
New American Standard Bible
I made
King James Version
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
Holman Bible
I made gardens
International Standard Version
I constructed gardens and orchards for myself, and within them I planted all kinds of fruit trees.
A Conservative Version
I made for me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
American Standard Version
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit;
Amplified
I made gardens and orchards for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;
Bible in Basic English
I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.
Darby Translation
I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit;
Julia Smith Translation
I made to me gardens and pleasure grounds, and I planted in them a tree of all fruit
King James 2000
I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them with all kind of fruit:
Lexham Expanded Bible
I made for myself gardens and parks, and I planted all [sorts of] fruit trees in them.
Modern King James verseion
I made gardens and orchards for myself, And I planted trees in them, of all fruit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I made me orchards and gardens of pleasure, and planted trees in them of all manner fruits.
New Heart English Bible
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
The Emphasized Bible
I made me gardens, and parks, - I planted in them trees of every kind of fruit;
Webster
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
World English Bible
I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.
Youngs Literal Translation
I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Irrigation
Agriculture » Practiced by solomon
Botanical gardens » Park, probably
Epicureans » Doctrines propagated by, familiar to solomon
Gardens » Kinds of, mentioned in scripture » Fruit trees
Solomon » Plants vineyards and orchards of all kinds of fruit trees; makes pools
Interlinear
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Ecclesiastes 2:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qohelet's Investigation Of Personal Accomplishment
4 I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. 5 I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. 6 I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees.
Cross References
Genesis 2:8-9
The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed.
Song of Songs 4:12-1
The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain.
Song of Songs 6:2
The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Jeremiah 39:4
When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king's garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley.
Luke 17:27-29
People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage -- right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.