Ecclesiastes 5:19
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God.
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Gill's Exposition
Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth,.... Which include the whole of a man's substance; all his estate, personal and real; and all his goods and possessions, movable and immovable,…
Solomon, from the vanity of riches hoarded up, here infers that the best course we can take is to use well what we have, to serve God with it, to do good with it, and take the comfort of it to…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
this is the gift of God The words indicate a return to the sense of dependence on the Divine bounty, which we have seen in chs. Ecc 2:24; Ecc 3:13. Life itself, and the outward goods of life, few or…
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