Ecclesiastes 5:18

Yea, and as for every man to whom God has given 1 Wealth and possessions, and has given him 1 Power to eat thereof, and to receive his portion, 1 And to rejoice in his labor; 1 This is the gift of God. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

In Context

17Behold, I have seen good, that it is a fine thing for a man 1 To eat and to drink, 1 And to see good 1 In all his labor in 1 Which he may labor under the sun, 1 All the number of the days of his life 1 Which God has given to him: 1 For it is his portion. 1

19For he shall not much remember the days of his life; 1 For God troubles him in the mirth of his heart.

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Cross References

Ecclesiastes 2:24A man has nothing really good 1 To eat, and to drink, and to show his soul 1 As good in his trouble. 1 This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God. 1

Ecclesiastes 3:13Also in the case of every man who shall eat and drink, 1 And see good in all his labor, 1 This is a gift of God. 1

Ecclesiastes 6:2A man to whom God shall give 1 Wealth, and substance, and honor, 1 And he wants nothing for his soul 1 Of all things that he shall desire, 1 Yet God shall not give him power to eat of it, 1 For a stranger shall devour it: 1 This is vanity, and an evil infirmity. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:7Go, eat thy bread with mirth, 1 And drink thy wine with a joyful heart; 1 For now God has favorably accepted thy works. 1

Jeremiah 52:34And his appointed portion was given him continually by the king of Babylon from day to day, until the day when he died.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 5:10-18

The Vanity of Riches. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.… Read the whole commentary →

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