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 gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees;

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 and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them.

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.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
me gardens
גּנּה 
Gannah 
Usage: 12

and orchards
פּרדּס 
Pardec 
Usage: 3

and I planted
נטע 
Nata` 
Usage: 58

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.

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