“I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits:”
Ecclesiastes 2:5 (KJV) |
Ecclesiastes 2:5
From Ecclesiastes 2, in the Book of Ecclesiastes (Old Testament).
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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.
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: