Ecclesiastes 2:5 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

I made gardens and parks for myself. I planted every kind of fruit tree in them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

I made myself gardens and fruit gardens, planting in them fruit-trees of all sorts.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

Ecclesiastes 2:5 Cross References

XREF:

Nehemiah 2:8 and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go." And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me.

Song of Songs 4:16 "Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!"

Song of Songs 5:1 "I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

2:1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their changing from one thing to another, are like the restlessness of a man in a fever. Perceiving it was folly to give himself to wine, he next tried the costly amusements of princes. The poor, when they read such a description, are ready to feel discontent. But the remedy against all such feelings is in the estimate of it all by the owner himself. All was vanity and vexation of spirit: and the same things would yield the same result to us, as to Solomon. Having food and raiment, let us therewith be content. His wisdom remained with him; a strong understanding, with great human knowledge. But every earthly pleasure, when unconnected with better blessings, leaves the mind as eager and unsatisfied as before. Happiness arises not from the situation in which we are placed. It is only through Jesus Christ that final blessedness can be attained.

CONC:

Fruit Fruits Fruit-trees Gardens Kind Kinds Myself Orchards Paradises Parks Planted Planting Sorts Trees

Fruit Fruits Fruit-Trees Gardens Kind Kinds Orchards Planted Planting Sorts Trees

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