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 Je résolus en mon cœur de livrer ma chair au vin, tandis que mon cœur me conduirait avec sagesse, et de m’attacher à la folie jusqu’à ce que je visse ce qu’il est bon pour les fils de l’homme de faire sous les cieux pendant le nombre des jours de leur vie.

4 J’exécutai de grands ouvrages: je me bâtis des maisons; je me plantai des vignes;

5 je me fis des jardins et des vergers, et j’y plantai des arbres à fruit de toute espèce;

6 je me créai des étangs, pour arroser la forêt où croissaient les arbres.

7 J’achetai des serviteurs et des servantes, et j’eus leurs enfants nés dans la maison; je possédai des troupeaux de bœufs et de brebis, plus que tous ceux qui étaient avant moi dans Jérusalem.

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What Does Ecclesiastes 2:5 Mean?

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