King James Version
Ecclesiastes 2:5 in the King James Version says “I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:” — study this verse from Ecclesiastes chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 · KJV
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. to give: Heb. to draw my flesh with wine all: Heb. the number of the days of their life
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:
I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:
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: servants born: Heb. sons of my house
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“and I planted”
H5193properly, to strike in, i.e., fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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