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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ecclesiastes 3:22 - 3:22
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(Compare Ecc 3:12; Ecc 5:18). Inculcating a thankful enjoyment of God’s gifts, and a cheerful discharge of man’s duties, founded on fear of God; not as the sensualist (Ecc 11:9); not as the anxious money-seeker (Ecc 2:23; Ecc 5:10-17).
his portion - in the present life. If it were made his main portion, it would be “vanity” (Ecc 2:1; Luk 16:25).
for who, etc. - Our ignorance as to the future, which is God’s “time” (Ecc 3:11), should lead us to use the present time in the best sense and leave the future to His infinite wisdom (Mat 6:20, Mat 6:25, Mat 6:31-34).