Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Ecclesiastes 2:5
I made me gardens, Heb. paradises, or gardens of pleasure. I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits, mixing pleasure and profit together.
I made me gardens, Heb. paradises, or gardens of pleasure. I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits, mixing pleasure and profit together.
Verse Ecclesiastes 2:5. _I MADE ME GARDENS AND ORCHARDS_] פרדסים _pardesim_, "paradises." I doubt much whether this be an original _Hebrew_ word. [Arabic] _ferdoos_, is found in the _Persian_ and _Ar...
ORCHARDS - literally, “paradises,” i. e., parks or pleasure-grounds (compare Nehemiah 2:8 note). Indications of at least three of these have been pointed out; one at Jerusalem near the pool of Siloam,...
CHAPTER 2THE RESULTS OF THE SEARCH AND DIFFERENT VANITIES _ 1. His personal experience (Ecclesiastes 2:1)_ 2. Various vanities and a conclusion (Ecclesiastes 2:12) Ecclesiastes 2:1
ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
ECCLESIASTES 1:12 TO ECCLESIASTES 2:26. QOHELETH'S INVESTIGATIONS. Assuming the character of Solomon the writer tells of his search for happiness under many forms. The pursuit of wisdom (Ecclesiastes...
ORCHARDS. Hebrew. _pardesim_. paradises, parks, or pleasure grounds. Different from "gardens", which were cultivated (Deuteronomy 11:10; 1 Kings 21:2). Paradises were formed by eastern monarchs. In th...
_I made me gardens and orchards_ The latter word, originally Persian, and found only in the O. T. in this book, in Song Song of Solomon 4:13, and Nehemiah 2:8, is the "paradise" of Xenophon, of later...
_THE VANITY OF SELF-INDULGENCE -- ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11:_ All through the book of Ecclesiastes we observe Solomon as he thought and reasoned within himself. He had looked upon and tried all the good, pl...
c. Wisdom is used in the exploration of sensuous pleasure. Ecclesiastes 2:1-11 TEXT 2:1-11 1 I said to myself, Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself. And behold, it too was fut...
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...
EPICUREANISM AND WISDOM ALIKE PROFITLESS 1-3. The writer makes enjoyment his quest, while aware that it is folly, and avoiding excess in a philosophic spirit....
ORCHARDS] pleasure ground; RV 'parks.'...
THE TEACHER SEARCHES FOR THE PURPOSE OF OUR LIVES BOOK OF ECCLESIASTES _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 2 THE TEST TO DISCOVER WHAT MAKES A PERSON HAPPY – ECCLESIASTES 2:1-11...
ORCHARDS. — Rather, _parks._ The word, which occurs also in Song of Solomon 4:3; Nehemiah 2:8, is originally Persian, and passed into the Greek and into modern languages in the form of “paradise” (Luk...
עָשִׂ֣יתִי לִ֔י גַּנֹּ֖ות וּ פַרְדֵּסִ֑ים וְ...
FIRST SECTION The Quest Of The Chief Good In Wisdom And In Pleasure Ecclesiastes 1:12; Ecclesiastes 2:1 OPPRESSED by his profound sense of the vanity of the life which man lives amid the play of pe...
24-26, VAIN UNDERTAKINGS Ecclesiastes 2:1-17 At the beginning of his search for happiness Solomon erected a splendid home and planned all kinds of delights of an artistic and sensuous nature. There w...
Turning from the pursuit of knowledge to the pathway of pleasure, the king had given himself up to mirth, seeking the false stimulus of wine. In this also he had been disappointed, finding that mirth...
_Orchards. Hebrew, "paradises," in which fruit-trees were planted. (Calmet)_...
I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. (2) I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? (3) I sought...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 12. The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs. (see NOTE TO PROVERBS below) It is the experience of a...
I MADE ME GARDENS AND ORCHARDS,.... Of the king's garden, we read Jeremiah 39:4. Adrichomius b makes mention of a royal garden in the suburbs of Jerusalem, fenced with walls; and was a paradise of fru...
_I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all [kind of] fruits:_ Ver. 5. _I made me gardens._] So called, because guarded and enclosed with a wall, Son 4:12 like as we call garm...
_I made me great works_ Magnificent works, for my honour and delight. _I builded me houses_ Of which see 1 Kings 7:1, &c.; 9:15, &c.; Song of Solomon 8:11. _I made me gardens_ Hebrew, _paradises_, or...
I made me gardens and orchards, pleasure-grounds near his various residences, AND I PLANTED TREES IN THEM OF ALL KIND OF FRUITS, in rich variety, including many from foreign countries;...
Solomon's own Example...
"I MADE GARDENS AND PARKS FOR MYSELF, AND. PLANTED IN THEM ALL KINDS OF FRUIT TREES;...
1-11 Solomon soon found mirth and pleasure to be vanity. What does noisy, flashy mirth towards making a man happy? The manifold devices of men's hearts, to get satisfaction from the world, and their...
Ecclesiastes 2:5 made H6213 (H8804) gardens H1593 orchards H6508 planted H5193 (H8804) fruit H6529 trees H6086
CHAPTER 2 THE SEARCH FOR PLEASURE. Experimenting With Good Things (Ecclesiastes 2:1). Ecclesiastes 2:1 ‘I said in my heart, “Go at it now, I will test out merriment. Therefore enjoy pleasure (or ‘g...
Ecclesiastes 1:12-2 I. As was natural in so wise a man, the Preacher turns first to wisdom. It is the wisdom that is born of wide and varied experience, not of abstract study. He acquaints himself wit...
CONTENTS: Solomon shows that there is no true happiness and satisfaction to be had in mirth, pleasure and the delights of sense. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: True and lasting happiness and...
Ecclesiastes 2:1. _Enjoy pleasure._ The first doctrine of Epicurus, whose system is here rebutted. Acts 17:18. Ecclesiastes 2:2. _I said of laughter,_ of all forced and frantic joy, _it is mad._ Chald...
_Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth._ THE THREEFOLD VIEW OF HUMAN LIFE Three views of human life are given in this remarkable chapter. I. The theatrical view of life (Ecclesiastes 2:1). The wri...
CRITICAL NOTES.— ECCLESIASTES 2:3. I SOUGHT IN MINE HEART.] The word has the meaning not of thinking or reflecting, but to prove or assay—to make a moral experiment. ECCLESIASTES 2:8. THE PECULIAR TR...
EXPOSITION ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Section 2. _Vanity of striving after pleasure and wealth._ ECCLESIASTES 2:1 Dissatisfied with the result of the pursuit of wisdom, Koheleth embarks on a course of sensua...
So I said in my heart, Go to now, I'm going to prove thee with [pleasure,] with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: but, behold, this was vanity (Ecclesiastes 2:1). So we read in the New Testament the ep...
Genesis 2:8; Genesis 2:9; Jeremiah 39:4; Luke 17:27; Song of So