King James Version

Ecclesiastes 2:5

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

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עָשִׂ֣יתִיasitidoעָשָׂהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “do”, a completed actionH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…לִ֔יlitoלִ֔יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toגַּנּ֖וֹתganotgardenגַּנָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “garden”, the ordinary formH1593a gardengarden.וּפַרְדֵּסִ֑יםufardesimand forestפַּרְדֵּסconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and forest”, the ordinary formH6508a parkforest, orchard.וְנָטַ֥עְתִּיvenatatiand plantנָטַעconjunction, verb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and plant”, a completed actionH5193properly, to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant (literally or figuratively)fastened, plant(-er).בָהֶ֖םvaheminבָהֶ֖םpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in”inעֵ֥ץetstreeעֵץnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “tree”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)[phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).פֶּֽרִיperifruitפְּרִיnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fruit”, the ordinary formH6529fruit (literally or figuratively)bough, (first-)fruit(-ful), reward.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

I made gardens, and orchards, and set them with trees of all kinds,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I made me gardens and orchards, and planted in them every kind of fruit-tree.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

ἐποίησά μοι κήπους καὶ παραδείσους, καὶ ἐφύτευσα ἐν αὐτοῖς ξύλον πᾶν καρποῦ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

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Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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