Ecclesiastes 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Ecclesiastes 2:5 in 6 Bible Translations
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Ecclesiastes 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“I made myself gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit.”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — World English Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit; ”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — American Standard Version
Ecclesiastes 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“I made for me gardens and paradises, and I planted in them trees of every fruit.”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of every kind of fruit; ”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — Darby Translation
Ecclesiastes 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“I haue made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them trees of all fruite.”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 — Geneva Bible
Ecclesiastes 2:5 in Context — Ecclesiastes 2
3 I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life.
4 I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
5 I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
6 I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
7 I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me:
What Does Ecclesiastes 2:5 Mean?
Ecclesiastes 2:5 is a verse from the Book of Ecclesiastes, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Ecclesiastes chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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