Ecclesiastes 2:5 BSB

Ecclesiastes 2:5

I made gardens and parks for myself, where I planted all kinds of fruit trees.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

I made me gardens and orchards,.... Of the king's garden, we read Jer 39:4. Adrichomius (b) makes mention of a royal garden in the suburbs of Jerusalem, fenced with walls; and was a paradise of fruit trees, herbs, spices, and flowers; abounded with all kind of fruit, exceeding pleasant and delightful to the senses: and, as Solomon was so great a botanist, and knew the nature and use of all kinds of trees and herbs, 1Ki 4:33; no doubt but he has a herbal garden, well stocked with everything of that kind, curious and useful; see 1Ki 21:

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Orchards - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or pleasure-grounds (compare Neh 2:8 note). Indications of at least three of these have been pointed out; one at Jerusalem near the pool of Siloam, called “the king’s garden” Neh 3:15; Jer 52:7; a second near Bethlehem (compare Ecc 2:6); and a third in the remote north, on the heights of Hermon Son 4:8; Son 8:11.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

1Co 12:2); or, one "allured" (2Pe 2:18, 19). yet acquainting . . . wisdom--literally, "and my heart (still) was behaving, or guiding itself," with wisdom [GESENIUS]. MAURER translates: "was weary of (worldly) wisdom." But the end of Ec 2:9 confirms English Version. folly--namely, pleasures of the flesh, termed "mad," Ec 2:2. all the days, &c.--(See Margin and Ec 6:12;

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עָשִׂ֣יתִי	'a.Si.ti	I made	H6213 →
לִ֔י	Li	for <the> myself
גַּנּ֖וֹת	ga.Not	gardens	H1593 →
וּפַרְדֵּסִ֑ים	u.far.de.Sim	and parks	H6508 →
וְנָטַ֥עְתִּי	ve.na.Ta'.ti	and I planted	H5193 →
בָהֶ֖ם	va.Hem	in <the> them
עֵ֥ץ	'etz	tree[s] of	H6086 →
כָּל־	kol-	every	H3605 →
פֶּֽרִי׃	Pe.ri	fruit	H6529 →

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Through
Song of Solomon 6:2
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
leads to
- Song of Solomon 5:13
  His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Through
Song of Solomon 4:12
My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
leads to
- Proverbs 5:15–18
  Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.
- Revelation 21:27
  But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- Isaiah 61:10–11
  I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom…
- 1 Corinthians 6:13
  “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
  Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
Through
Jeremiah 39:4
When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they…
leads to
- Amos 2:14
  Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.
- 2 Chronicles 32:5
  Then Hezekiah worked resolutely to rebuild all the broken sections of the wall and to raise up towers on it. He also built an outer wall and reinforced the supporting terraces of the City…

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